Turkey's Erdogan sees Israel's hand in Egyptian overthrow

[cali]

urkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused Israel on Tuesday of having a hand in the Egyptian military's overthrow of president Mohamed Mursi, making comments likely to further undermine efforts to restore Ankara's strained ties with Israel.

Erdogan, who has become one of the fiercest critics of the Islamist leader's removal last month, also said he feared "autocratic regimes" would take root if the West failed to respect election results.

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"What do they say in Egypt? Democracy is not the ballot box. What is behind it? Israel. We have in our hands documentation," Erdogan told provincial leaders of his AK Party.

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Erdogan did not say what documentation he had, but referred to comments he said an Israeli cabinet minister had made before Egyptian parliamentary elections held after a popular uprising pushed President Hosni Mubarak from power.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/20/us-turkey-egypt-israel-idUSBRE97J0IK20130820

And for the record I think this is crazy pandering shite.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

1. I have no doubt he does. n/t

[PDJane]

2. That might be because the hand is there?

[mwrguy]

3. Absolutely.

Israel is not a bystander.

[hack89]

5. So the people of Egypt are just puppets in all this?

being manipulated to oppose a government that Israel opposes?

[Purveyor]

4. Of course israel is the puppet-master and the US is the puppet. eom

[William769]

6. a leopard can't change its spots.

[cali]

9. that's so insane that it's logical to come to the conclusion

that it's rooted in ugly bias.

[malaise]

7. Don't rule it out n/t

[cali]

11. I think it had very little to do with anything that Israel did

or anything the U.S. did, for that matter. but then I rely on history, facts and evidence.

[AverageJoe90]

8. I never liked this prick Erdogan.....

He was one of Bush's best buds in the Mideast and now he's supporting the Muslim Brotherhood.....absolutely disgraceful man, I hope he gets booted out of office soon.

[Blue_Tires]

15. Yeah, he's a nutbar

although he does still harbor a (legit) beef with Israel from the flotilla raid...

[geek tragedy]

10. Seriously, what kind of drugs does a person need to be on to think that

Israel controls the largest military in the Arab world?

[cali]

12. the kind of hateful emotion that makes claims that the U.S. is Israel's puppet

It's sick shit.

I'm completely opposed to Israel when it comes to the occupation and settlements. Just throwing that out there in advance of the coming accusations of being an apologist for Israel.

[geek tragedy]

13. Well, at least Israel is popular in the US Congress/executive branch.

Israel's popularity in Egypt's military, notsomuch.

[Fozzledick]

14. I thought Erdogan was a crazy pandering Sunni

and Morsi was overthrown because he was such a turkey.

In any case, it's hard to take anything he says seriously.

[pampango]

16. "Shite" indeed, Cali. I wonder if he includes Saudi Arabia in his theory.

Backing Egypt’s generals, Saudi Arabia promises financial support

Saudi Arabia is emerging at the forefront of a forceful effort by Persian Gulf monarchies to back Egypt’s new military leaders, exacerbating a fierce struggle for influence in the chaotic and increasingly leaderless Arab world and putting the Saudis at odds with the United States, a long-standing ally.

On Monday, Saudi Arabia promised to compensate Egypt for any aid that Western countries might withdraw in response to the harsh tactics employed by Egypt’s leaders to quell protests by supporters of the country’s deposed president, in which nearly 1,000 people and more than 100 police officers are reported to have been killed.

“Concerning those who announced stopping their assistance to Egypt or threatening to stop them, the Arab and Islamic nation is rich with its people and capabilities and will provide a helping hand to Egypt,” Faisal told the official Saudi news agency while on a visit to France.

Faisal’s pledge followed a rare foreign policy address on Friday, in which Saudi Arabia’s aging King Abdullah praised the actions of the Egyptian military and accused demonstrators of “terrorism, extremism and sedition.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/backing-egypts-generals-saudi-arabia-promises-to-fill-financial-void/2013/08/19/9d91384a-0901-11e3-9941-6711ed662e71_story.html

[WatermelonRat]

17. I'm sure they're relieved that the Muslim Brotherhood is out of power

But I don't believe they hold enough sway over the Egyptian military to have orchestrated it. The military had plenty of reasons of their own to overthrow Morsi. Israel is probably supportive of the coup, but they weren't instrumental in making it happen.

[Comrade Grumpy]

18. Gotta say, Tel Aviv and Cairo certainly seem to be on the same page.