Turkey has a USA military base in Ancara. Extremists are already known to American intelligence and I am confident the Turkey government as well. Besides, an orthodox Muslim would place a woman behind a screen when doing businesss. They segregate women and men when in worship. I am not saying it's right, but, it is a proven course of events that when women win rights and freedom it is because they have fought for it, even in the USA; it's never granted to them.
As a matter of fact in the USA, when the Woman's Sufferage Movement was underway, they were supporters of Black Americans as well. When the 14th Amendment was passed it originally excluded women of any ethnic group, but, granted Black Men the same voting rights as White Men. It's so very apropos that after 100 years of Civil Rights, it's the Black population that was targeted in Florida. It wasn't part of the 13 original colonies (click on) maybe that is part of the problem in enforcing rights of all citizens across the board in Florida.
At any rate, shortly after September 11th, the USA precense there was increased (click on), oddly though and wondering what is the priority of Iraq long about now, the port at ISKENDERUN BAY (click on) that handles jet fuel for the USA military is being viewed as superfluous to the needs there by Europe as Turkey joins the EU. Hm. Interesting. The global community is really eliminating USA influence since Bush's illegal invasion.
U.S. Leaving Jet Fuel Port Site near Incirlik Air Base, Turkey
Yumurtalik Sea Terminal used to offload jet fuel from ships
07 July 2006
Washington -- The U.S. military plans to cease operations at the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal, an aviation fuel-handling site on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast near Incirlik Air Base and the endpoint of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline.
“Due to U.S. European Command force-structure realignment and transformation, the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal’s jet-fuel receipt point facility has been identified as excess to U.S. Air Forces Europe’s needs,” the Defense Department announced July 5. The facilities will be returned to the host nation.
Yumurtalik is a port on Iskenderun Bay that has been the terminus of an oil pipeline from the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk and is the terminus of the new BTC pipeline bringing oil from the Caspian Sea. For decades, the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal has been the site where the U.S. Air Force has offloaded jet fuel from ships for use at nearby Incirlik Air Base.
In 2004, the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal facility was valued at $34.4 million and consists of five buildings on 57 hectares of land, according to the Department of Defense Base Structure Report. The site provides employment for one active-duty American service member and two host-nation employees.
http://ankara.usembassy.gov/news_07072006a.html
It looks as though Bush is going to have a helping hand in Iraq.
Ahmadinejad says will do all it can to help Iraq
Tehran: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday Iran would do whatever it could to help provide security to Iraq amid warnings the country was on the brink of civil war.
The White House, acknowledging violence in Iraq was in a "new phase", said the issue of talking to Iran and Syria about Iraq was likely to be raised at a meeting this week between President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki.
The United States is facing calls to engage Tehran to help end the bloodshed, which UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said had pushed Iraq closer to civil war.
http://www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10085759.html
Espionage
It is a dangerous game to begin with but when spies play both sides of the street the danger increases. In the case of Alexander Litvinenko, a top Russian spy, fled to England in 2000 and became both a valuable informant to British foreign intelligence; he didn't bother keeping a low profile either.
Mr. Litvineko involved himself in affaris outsize of his capacity in Chechnya as well but writing books and seeking the influence of the United Nations in that troubled region. That was a direct assault on two countries, Chechnya and Russia. Neither of these countries actively sought outside intervention.
It is my opinion it would be difficult for the United Nations to intervene. Chechnya has many terrorists and to place a Peacekeeper force in that region would be putting them in harms way before any reasonable 'safety zone' were established. The Chechen terrorists would most assuredly be better armed and more covert than any UN Peacekeepers, placing the peacekeepers at a distinct disadvantage.
15/04/2004 CHECHNYA: COLONEL ALEXANDER LITVINENKO SIGNED THE APPEAL FOR AN INTERIM UN ADMINISTRATION IN CHECHNYA
http://coranet.radicalparty.org/pressreleases/press_release.php?func=detail&par=6932#
The circumstances of Chechnya are completely hideous. There are terrorists from the entire region engaged in killing. There is no doubt the war there is hugely sad in that 100,000 people on both sides of the conflict are dead. Not only that, reports about Russian soldiers and their conduct in the towns are not completely pleasant. The Russian army has an issue with 'Dedovshchina' which is a form of discimination of younger members of the armed forces placing severe moral' issues in play and hence they tend to carry out self righteous acts in their roles with Chechnya.
The terrorist issue in Chechnya is not a small one. At the time of Beslan (click on) Russia did extensive forensics on those involved. They included some high profiles individuals of other ethnicities leading to Uzbecks. The name al Qaeda was thrown around, but, these days when isn't it? That was an indication there was no simple solution in Chechnya.
Additionally, Chechens are involved in the two nearly simultaneous plane crashes of Russia aircraft in 2004. Russians were questioned regarding that conspiracy as well. If I am not mistaken there was also a bus exploded in Moscow that same day which lead to still another Chechen involvement.
Double Plane Crash Over Russia Officially Classified as Terrorism
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/09/15/planes.shtml
We all know about theater seige where about 100 people were killed and those were Chechen terrorists as well.
Dubrovka Theater Siege
http://www.mosnews.com/mn-files/dubrovka.shtml
For a spy to leave Russia seeking to plead with Britain willing to give them information while backing the people that killed Russians within their own borders is down right foolish. Some of the issue also involves the high handed and wealthy oligarchs. It may be when the oligarchs justify the 'cause' of Chechnya by backing those that seek retribution against innocent Russian citizens, they are more a threat then the terrorists whom without them may only rely on funding through illegal poppy sales under Bush in Afghanistan where Ubeck warlords enjoy the profits reaped from such crops.
The point is the oligarchs, including Boris Berezovsky, enjoyed their wealth so much that they would rather see the sovereign country of Russia destroyed. They would not mind 'creating' a cause such as Chechnya to engage other nations through sympathy and greed (Don't tell me the oil barrons of Texas and Wyoming don't have designs on Russia oil either.) as an imputus to taking down Russia in one way or another.
Russia through history has proven itself a profound ally to freedom. Even if Russia is a communist nation, historically it has stood strong with The West in all world wars. If it weren't for Russia both world wars probably would have been lost. That understood, there is a lot to balance when entering into a theater of conflict such as Chechnya. It would rattle the roots of global stability at the Superpower level and with great cost to any civilized country.
When the world seeks to stop Russian authorities from protecting their citizens from terrorists as has been proven by the Chechen resistance it better have an whole lot better idea.
Now, as to the dead folks that have been moving the Chechen issue forward in the press and in activism such as Litvinenko, it would behoove everyone to seek information and stop the murders. At the same time what needs to accompany these Russian activisits 'claims' to justice through democracy and freedom is complete reassurance that there is an answer. So far there are no alternatives being offered so much as simple accusation against Putin. Additionally, that answer has to include active diplomatic initiative that empower Russia to a better outcome as well. I don't see a direct assault on Russia trying to topple still another USSR.
I still don't discount there are people at work on all these fronts that would love to build a case for The West to confront Russia and particularly Putin. I am not convinced there are Russian forces acting here and certainly not convinced through lack of evidence there isn't sole efforts at work to embarass President Putin considering how 'openness' has been rolled back in Russia to protect an aggressive and militarized USA with absolutely no shame in coveting sovereign oil assets in other countries and taking it without a second thought to the outcome to world stability.
I don't approve of the deaths involved that allow Russia's Putin to fall repeatedly under empty accusations. It would be better from all points of view for REALISTIC editorials about such matters to bring forth the best of all worlds and hopefully sovereign resolve for the best outcomes of the people of Russia and Chechnya. I don't approve of the ambitions of oligarchs when they are free wheeling outside the cooperation with government directives. The oligarchs are wealthy and have capacity they should not as citizens. They aren't to be allowed to create their own nations and in that their own military initiative either.
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