Israel MAKING Turkey, India UPSET? Ooops..

[LittleApple81]

and remember the New Zealand brouhaha... New Zealand is not Muslim, not against us... does not pose a threat but they managed to piss them off too!

AND DON'T DOUBT THAT THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT US DIRECTLY!

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Israel's alliances with Turkey, India start to fray
By Ed Blanche
Special to The Daily Star
Saturday, July 17, 2004

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Turkey's new Islamic government has been fiercely critical of Israeli military operations against the Palestinians in Gaza and is increasingly at odds with Turkey's powerful military establishment, the driving force behind the 1996 defense agreement with Israel. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan did not mince his words when he met Israel's then infrastructure minister, Yousef Paritzky, on May 25. "What is the difference between terrorists who kill Israeli civilians and Israel, which also kills civilians?" he asked. Erdogan's ire appears directed largely at Ariel Sharon's government, but Turkish columnist Erdal Guven was prompted to comment in the Radikal newspaper: "It is obvious that the 'strategic alliance' is in a period of erosion."

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But the rift goes much deeper than that. A US report that Israeli intelligence is working with Iraq's restive Kurds to infiltrate Syria and Iran, fearful they will get the short end of the stick in the new distribution of power in the post-Saddam era, has caused intense concern in Ankara. Turkey does not want to see Iraq fragment with the Kurds breaking away. Israel prefers a weak and decentralized Iraq.

Israelis are reportedly training Kurdish commando units in northern Iraq and infiltrating agents into Iran. One of their main missions: plot Iran's clandestine nuclear weapons program for possible pre-emptive strikes by the Israeli Air Force. Israel believes Tehran is about a year away from a breakthrough in that program and is accelerating its Shehab intermediate-range ballistic missile program. If all these reports are accurate, much trouble is looming.

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The worsening relations between Israel and Turkey, the two major non-Arab powers in the region, has caused serious concern in the Bush administration, which fears its strategic alliances in the Middle East, a key element in its war against terror, may be unraveling at a time when it can least afford it. The US, seeking to consolidate its influence in the Middle East and Asia, encouraged and fostered Israel's ties with Turkey and India.

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A recent scandal in India's premier intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), in which a senior officer recruited by the CIA defected as security authorities closed in on him, has raised fears that the US and Israeli intelligence services have penetrated India's intelligence establishment.

much more at link:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=5&article_id=6330

[shadu]

1. Things are getting stranger

I think you are correct; this will not turn out well.