U.S. Urges Turkey to Seal Border Border

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: Wall Street Journal

The Obama administration is pressing Turkey to deploy thousands of additional troops along its border with Syria to cordon off a 60-mile stretch of frontier that U.S. officials say is used by Islamic State to move foreign fighters in and out of the war zone.

The U.S. hasn’t officially requested a specific number of soldiers. Pentagon officials estimated that it could take as many as 30,000 to seal the border on the Turkish side for a broader humanitarian mission. Cordoning off just one section alone could take 10,000 or more, one official estimated.

It’s unclear how Turkey will respond. Turkish officials said they agree that tighter border control is necessary, and have begun implementing some measures. They suggested that the Pentagon troop estimates are inflated, but declined to give a number of their own.

In return for doing more to fight Islamic State, Turkey is seeking more financial help from Europe to deal with its 2.2 million Syrian refugees, as well as support for a safe zone in Syria—an idea that has been shelved by the Obama administration as too risky and complicated.


Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-urges-turkey-to-seal-syria-border-1448674401

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The Turkey ISIS alliance is now widely known.

[Tempest]

2. "The Turkey ISIS alliance is now widely known."

How so?

[delrem]

3. ISIS supply lines go through Turkey.

ISIS oil routes, munitions routes, and general safe passage supply lines.

That's why Turkey doesn't like Russia bombing those supply lines.
Those convoys of tankers.
$$$ - $$$ - and sheer insanity has been driving this.

[Tempest]

8. They also have supply lines that go through Lebanon, Iraq and Jordan

Mostly Iraq.

Are you going to claim there's an alliance with those countries as well?

By your logic, the U.S. has an alliance with Mexico to let illegals into the country.

[delrem]

11. No, I didn't claim that the US has an alliance with Mexico to allow passage of illegals.

But you ought to do some reading on the ME, since your country is in the thick of it.

[LinneaTench]

4. Should take care

Turkey is the only one country who is always ready to support. Although it's risky for Europe to help those refugees but many innocent Syrian is dying and need help. But, Turkey should also take careful about this entire situation.

[Demeter]

5. US State Dept Insanity at its best

"urges"? Why so mild? Is this a tradeoff between protecting Biden's son and Erdogan's?

[Baclava]

6. Turkey's president warns Russia not to 'play with fire'

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Russia not to "play with fire" after reports emerged that Turkish businessmen had been detained in Russia.

Moscow said it would suspend visa-free travel with Turkey, and its tourism agency head announced on Friday it will ask more than 9,000 Russians currently in Turkey to return home by the end of December.

Inside Story - Who is buying ISIL's oil? (video)

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/11/turkey-president-warns-russia-play-fire-151128035823435.html

[forest444]

10. And for lunch:

[daleo]

9. More foxes to guard the hen house