Oh I see I missed the news that Turkey detained al-Baghdadi's sister and extended family members in Azaz the other day. How long had they been spitting distance from the Turkish border one wonders and why not detained before the US-SDF anti-ISIS ops.http://bianet.org/bianet/militarizm/215367-turkiye-bagdadi-nin-ablasini-yakaladigini-duyurdu…
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President Erdoğan has just revealed, speaking live that Turkey has "captured Baghdadi's wife" (omitting the fact that he had more than one, but anyway) and went on to say "but we don't kick up a fuss/gloat like the US."
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None of the news outlets are tweeting the quote as full as I’d like so buyurunuz:pic.twitter.com/rGgH090389
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President Erdoğan didn't reveal the name of the wife of Baghdadi. However, with thanks to
@mucagcebe, it is worth recalling that Baghdadi's ex-wife was detained in Lebanon in 2014 & part of a prisoner swap with JaN in 2015.https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-leaders-ex-wife-freed-swap-al-qaeda-linked-nusra-n471866…1 reply 7 retweets 6 likesShow this thread -
Minister of Defence, Hulusi Akar, last night on
@cnni said that Turkey "did not know of Baghdadi's location prior the US operation".#QuelleSurprise; it never pays to overestimate agencies capabilities or capacities.https://odatv.com/akardan-flas-bagdadi-aciklamasi-06111942.html…1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
Akar also said that information about Baghdadi's captured wife "would be revealed".
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Has Avrat Retweeted AA Canlı
President Erdoğan: "Alongside Baghidad's wife, it is important for us that his child verified via DNA, was with her. The investigation proceedings continue with determination."https://twitter.com/AACanli/status/1192343137911476229…
Has Avrat added,
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President Erdoğan did reveal that "we had Baghdadi's wife for the past year, year and a half" (!!!)https://www.bbc.com/turkce/live/haberler-turkiye-50329157?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=5dc3c98a02e268066e223480%26Cumhurba%C5%9Fkan%C4%B1+Erdo%C4%9Fan+UEFA%E2%80%99y%C4%B1+ele%C5%9Ftirdi%3A+Siyasetle+sporun+i%C3%A7+i%C3%A7e+ge%C3%A7mesinin+affedilir+yan%C4%B1+olamaz%262019-11-07T07%3A36%3A43.431Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn%3Aasset%3Ae41e8fb6-0b29-4237-a93f-5e154fb9c0a7&pinned_post_asset_id=5dc3c98a02e268066e223480&pinned_post_type=share&ocid=socialflow_twitter…
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So can we now safely deduce she is not an asset that can provide meaningful information on ISIS?
#RhetoricalQuestion (Ye Gods, someone help him re: PR on this, it's going from bad to worse; in bid to prove anti-ISIS credentials Ankara's making itself look clueless & incompetent)1 reply 3 retweets 4 likesShow this thread
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