US Congress approves Cobra gunship sale to Turkey

The US Congress has approved the sale to the Turkish Army of three US-made AH-1W attack helicopters, reports hurriyetdailynews.com

The three AH-1W Super Cobra gunships are expected to be sent to Turkey in the next few months and be deployed against the PKK before the summer.

The move is seen as a reward by the US for Ankara’s recent decision to host an X-band radar on its soil as part of a planned anti-ballistic-missiles NATO shield system.  Despite some opposition to the sale in the US House of Representatives, the deal quickly went through the Senate unchallenged. It comes in the face of opposition from many Kurds who are distressed by Turkey’s use of chemical weapons and want to see a negotiated solution to the Kurdish problem in Turkey. Unfortunately it appears that neither KRG prime minister Barham Salih (who recently visited the USA) nor the KRG’s US representative Qubad Talabani asked any senator to veto the sale.

 

One Response to US Congress approves Cobra gunship sale to Turkey
  1. Peshmarga
    November 15, 2011 | 22:25

    PUK-KDP era has come to fruition. Barzani and Talabani must bid farewell. They cannot longer be trusted. A Technocrat provisional form of administration must be elected for the time being to save Kurdistan from the hands of occupying Iranian/Turkish forces.

    Barzani, during your last visit to Ankara, you signed two secret memorandums of understandings with Turkish military and intelligence agencies in presence of a US special envoy in Ankara. You stated that KRG would fully cooperate with the Republic of Turkey in in fighting PKK and allowing cross-border invasions. MoU reference Nos: 12378MC-IRAQ-TURKEY and 12379IC-IRAQ-TURKEY.

    You expressions do not correspond with your actions. They differ 360 on the opposite. You can no longer apply your false nationalistic slogans and pretends to make people tail you. There are hundreds of educated and highly skilled Kurds in Diasporas. You are not goanna rule Kurdistan forever. Every dictator has a time and yours has neared. The very Barzani members of your tribe will revolt and tumble your regime. Your sons and brothers and close relatives pillaged billions of dollars of innocent people. Is not it adequate! Do you wish to confront the same destiny of Mubarak, Saddam and Qadaffi. The general public appreciates what you could do, but it is in the interest of Kurdistan for you to abdicate from unconditional power now. Talabanis term will soon expire, as well. It is highly recommended for both of you to humbly and tranquilly stand down or cope with the consequences of another uprising. Dictatorship is dictatorship and it must depart.

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