Turkish Cops Say Superiors Protected ISIS Weapons Smuggling

U.S. President Obama shakes hands with Turkey's PM Erdogan after a bilateral meeting in Seoul

Turkish acrobats are the best in the world. Its AKP regime manages to be in NATO and ISIS at the same time. If Turkey ever enters the EU, it can balance it out with joining the Islamic State.

Detained policemen standing trial on charges of wiretapping have claimed that they were prevented from putting suspects linked to the al-Qaeda terrorist organization and other groups affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) under close surveillance.

Muhammed Suad Çelen, one of the policemen who delivered his defense statement, said all the wiretapping activities were conducted legally and with a court decision, adding that there was no way the policemen could have benefitted from the wiretapping.

Çelen said the police intelligence unit ordered them not to conduct surveillance regarding al-Qaeda after Syria-bound trucks carrying weapons were intercepted in the southern province of Adana in January. He claimed that one Turkish police officer and one soldier were killed in Niğde by al-Qaeda militants because the terrorists could not be wiretapped.

“All of us are now a target for al-Qaeda,” Çelen said.

Çelen’s lawyer, Ali Aksoy, said the primary reason for the trial is his client’s investigation of ISIL. He added that the intelligence unit chief blocked him from conducting work to expose ISIL militants.

An alliance with Turkey is an alliance with Al Qaeda. The rise of ISIS and its easy access to Turkey reminds us that the road to terror leads through Istanbul.

  • Texas Patriot

    So do not be afraid of them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known.” Matthew 10:26

    Keep up the great work, Daniel. The truth about Turkey is now plain as day.

  • http://libertyandculture.blogspot.com/ Jason P

    Indeed it does. Foreign fighters aren’t flying into Baghdad or Damascus. The Turkish supply route is widely known. But the motivation? Religious sympathies or aid to an enemy of the Kurds?

    A while ago, a similar question was raised on why Assad didn’t bomb ISIS’s convoys (he had the planes) and why he bought oil from ISIS. ISIS split the opposition to Assad and then they turned towards Iraq.

    I still have to wonder if helping the enemy of my enemy isn’t a short-term myopia in this region. Or are they just surprised when ISIS turns on them next?

  • Pete

    Abu Almouthanna was a moderate.

    “The Syrian national said he had spent three years fighting against the Basher al-Assad regime when he was eventually forced to join ISIS.”

    He was forced to give up moderation.

    “He told Fox News that he had no problem in killing Christians, Kurds and Yazidis, but he had issues with attacking rival jihadis and their families.”

    Being a moderate means killing Christians, Kurds, Yazidis and anyone not Muslim.

    • Gee

      Almost right – killing Shi’ites for Sunnis and Shi’ites killing Sunnis is also a moderate position

      • Texas Patriot

        At least ISIS is honest. If you’re not a Muslim, if you’re not a Sunni, and if you do not pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and do exactly as you’re told at all times, you die. Compared to the dissembling and completely untrustworthy Turks, ISIS is like the North Star. You know exactly where it is, and it never, ever moves.