Posted on Dec 31, 2015
Iraq Tells Turkey to Pull out of North, Threatens Action
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RP Members with Turkey being a part of NATO what postion should the United States take?
Iraq on Wednesday reiterated its demand that Turkish troops withdraw from a northern camp where they are training anti-Islamic State fighters, warning that it will consider military action if the soldiers remain.
The dispute flared up in early December after Turkey deployed reinforcements to a camp in northern Iraq's Bashiqa region where Ankara is helping to train Sunni and Kurdish fighters to battle IS.
The deployment riled Baghdad, which considers the new troops an illegal incursion and has demanded their immediate and complete withdrawal. Turkey has begun withdrawing troops, but some remain.
Iraq on Wednesday reiterated its demand that Turkish troops withdraw from a northern camp where they are training anti-Islamic State fighters, warning that it will consider military action if the soldiers remain.
The dispute flared up in early December after Turkey deployed reinforcements to a camp in northern Iraq's Bashiqa region where Ankara is helping to train Sunni and Kurdish fighters to battle IS.
The deployment riled Baghdad, which considers the new troops an illegal incursion and has demanded their immediate and complete withdrawal. Turkey has begun withdrawing troops, but some remain.
Iraq Tells Turkey to Pull out of North, Threatens Action
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The US need to work with the Iraq government to get them to rescind this demand because Turkey is filing a position that will fall on the US to fill. The fight against IS/Daesh requires a multinational effort which means Turkey needs to be involved as part of NATO.
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It's always fun when your allies start fighting with one another. Sort of like when Turkey started attacking the YPG.
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Tell the Iraqi's to grow up. NATO is the only hope that the nation has for it's future. Turkey needs to keep a grip on it's expansionist potential. When ISIS is destroyed, then Turkey can leave the encampment.
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