"Was Turkey Protecting ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi?" Topic
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| Tango01 | 20 Nov 2019 12:57 p.m. PST |
"Islamic State (ISIS) caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead, killed by an American airstrike in northwest Syria. President Trump announced this morning: "U.S. Special operations forces executed a dangerous and daring night-time raid in northwestern Syria, and accomplished their mission in grand style. The U.S. personnel were incredible." But the question now should not be avoided: why was al-Baghdadi hiding so close to Turkey? Were the Turks protecting him? If not them, then who was?…"
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| USAFpilot | 20 Nov 2019 4:07 p.m. PST |
Well, if so, Turkey didn't do a very good job in protecting him. |
| Patrick R | 21 Nov 2019 3:17 a.m. PST |
Given certain parties' ambitions in the area I wouldn't be surprised if they had a working relationship with each other. |
| Tango01 | 21 Nov 2019 12:36 p.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 22 Nov 2019 10:32 a.m. PST |
Of course. Erdogan was getting oil from ISIS back in the day – tanker truck loads by the hundreds/thousands, IIRC, and our ridiculously over-tight rules of engagement wouldn't let us target them in many cases. Fortunately, that was changed under new management. |
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