It’s Turkey Day. And that means it’s time for my annual Turkey Day thread. We have a lot of things to be grateful for here in America. But our alliance with Turkey is not among them....
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The top Hamas terrorist in Turkey, Salih Arouri, planned and financed the kidnapping and killing of 3 West Bank teens in 2014. That led to a 51 day rocket war.
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Arouri was finally designated as a terrorist by the US government in 2015. https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/jl0159.aspx … Our rewards for justice program also just put a $5 million bounty on him. https://rewardsforjustice.net/english/salih_al_aruri.html … Reports suggest Arouri is operating in Lebanon but still travels to Turkey.
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Meanwhile, at the height of the US effort to sanction Iran for its nuclear program, Ankara helped move $20 billion to Iran in what the DOJ says is the largest sanctions evasion scheme in modern history. Here’s the wild story:https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/549665/ …
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Remarkably, the Trump Administration has just given Turkey a waiver on Iran sanctions. Ankara’s corrupt leaders will be granted the same tools they used last to evade sanctions.
#headdeskhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-iran-sanctions-turkey-waiver/turkey-has-u-s-waiver-on-iran-sanctions-minister-idUSKCN1N71TR …Show this thread -
Then there’s question of Turkey’s support for jihadi networks operating in Syria. Reports suggest that there has been some improvement in recent years. But no NATO ally should do this in the first place. https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/defenddemocracy/uploads/documents/Islamic_State_Networks_Turkey.pdf …
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And speaking of behavior unbefitting a NATO ally: let’s not forget how the regime has engaged in hostage diplomacy. The case of Pastor Andrew Brunson is the most famous. But as my
@FDD colleagues note, there are many more. https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/defenddemocracy/uploads/documents/REPORT_Erdogan_Hostages.pdf …Show this thread End of conversation
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