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Not quite the shore leave/local liberty that these American sailors were expecting...
If this sentiment constitutes what most of that country thinks, then NATO should think twice about having a member like Turkey that has pro-Islamist leanings or maybe coverty supporting ISIS to suppress their old enemies the Kurds...
Reuters
If this sentiment constitutes what most of that country thinks, then NATO should think twice about having a member like Turkey that has pro-Islamist leanings or maybe coverty supporting ISIS to suppress their old enemies the Kurds...
Reuters
Turkish nationalists assault U.S. sailors in Istanbul
(Reuters) - A group of Turkish ultra-nationalists attacked three U.S. sailors on a crowded street in Istanbul on Wednesday, shouting "Yankee go home" and trying to pull hoods over their heads in an assault condemned by the U.S. embassy.
Video footage posted on the website of the ultra-nationalist Turkish Youth Union showed the attackers surrounding the sailors, calling them "murderers" and throwing orange paint at the men.
The attackers' actions were an apparent reference to an incident in Iraq in July 2003, when U.S. forces detained a Turkish special forces unit, leading its members away for interrogation with hoods over their heads.
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