Monday, January 15, 2018

Enraged Erdogan Says US Is "Playing with Fire;" Warns Turkey May Attack US Troops in N. Syria

Turkey yesterday warned the U.S. it was "playing with fire" over plans to set up a 30,000-strong force to police its border with Syria, saying it had tanks ready at the frontier, the Independent website reports today (January 15, 2018).

The U.S. announced plans yesterday for a "border security force" -- made up of Kurdish and Arab fighters -- to prevent a resurgence by the Islamic State (IS) terror group. It will be tasked with securing Syria's northern border with Turkey and its eastern border with Iraq.

Ankara has repeatedly warned Washington over its support for the Syrian Kurdish People's Defense Unit (YPG), which Turkey considers a terrorist group.

Yesterday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could barely control his rage. "A country we call an ally [the United States] is insisting on forming a terror army on our borders," he said in a speech in Ankara... "Our mission is to strangle it before it's even born."

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