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Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

Why Do We Eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?

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Yazidi woman kidnapped by ISIS freed from Gaza after decade in captivity

Yazidi woman kidnapped by ISIS freed from Gaza after decade in captivity


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  6 months ago

Photo: Daily Mail Related: Another daring hostage rescue: Israeli commandos have rescued from an underground tunnel in Gaza a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the 7...
US shoots down Turkish drone in Syria; came close to troops

US shoots down Turkish drone in Syria; came close to troops

Via:   •  News Viners  •  1 Comments  •  2 years ago

Obama's quagmire is back in the news.  The ten year anniversary of US intervention in Syria will be commemorated a couple of months before the 2024 election.  Syria is just another decades long...
Turkey demands 'concrete steps' to back Nordics' NATO bids | AP News

Turkey demands 'concrete steps' to back Nordics' NATO bids | AP News


Via: perrie-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  5 Comments  •  3 years ago

God Is Getting Ready to Do Something Amazing

God Is Getting Ready to Do Something Amazing


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  27 Comments  •  3 years ago

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'Missing' Drunk Man Spent Hours Helping a Search Party Look for Himself

'Missing' Drunk Man Spent Hours Helping a Search Party Look for Himself


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Turkish soldiers detained over ties to US cleric

Turkish soldiers detained over ties to US cleric


Via: vic-eldred  •  Travel, Geography and Foreign Cultures  •  1 Comments  •  5 years ago

Over 100 Turkish soldiers have been detained by the country's authorities for suspected links to a U.S.-based Muslim cleric who Ankara blames for a failed 2016 coup attempt. Anadolu Agency,...
Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons.

Erdogan’s Ambitions Go Beyond Syria. He Says He Wants Nuclear Weapons.


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  61 Comments  •  6 years ago

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey addressing legislators from his party this month in Ankara, Turkey. Credit Credit Burhan Ozbilici/Associated Press WASHINGTON — Turkey’s...
Christians in Turkey face increased persecution

Christians in Turkey face increased persecution


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  63 Comments  •  6 years ago

Pastor Andrew Brunson With the rise of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Islamist party, Turkey has slowly pulled away from its historic position as a bridge between East and West...
House overwhelmingly votes bipartisan condemnation of Trump withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria

House overwhelmingly votes bipartisan condemnation of Trump withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  6 years ago

Zach Gibson / Bloomberg via Getty Images WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to condemn President Donald Trump's withdrawal of American forces from northern Syria....
Fox News: Trump says US troops in Syria to be withdrawn, redeployed in region

Fox News: Trump says US troops in Syria to be withdrawn, redeployed in region


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  9 Comments  •  6 years ago

Photo credit: Fox News Just when you thought Trump was really going to pull those troops out of the Mid-East ("To end those endless Middle-Eastern wars) -  Fox News Reports:...
Indigenous Christian Communities in Northeast Syria Are the Target of a Turkish Attack for the First Time in Over a Century

Indigenous Christian Communities in Northeast Syria Are the Target of a Turkish Attack for the First Time in Over a Century


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  27 Comments  •  6 years ago

Christian fighters of Sutoro (the Syriac Security Office) guard a checkpoint in Tel Tamr. Photograph: Reuters Church bells rang out across the plains of northeast Syria, warning villagers...
Fox News: Pentagon planners scramble to produce strategy following sudden withdrawal of US troops from Northern Syria

Fox News: Pentagon planners scramble to produce strategy following sudden withdrawal of US troops from Northern Syria


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  8 Comments  •  6 years ago

Pentagon planners scramble to produce strategy following sudden withdrawal of US troops from Northern Syria. A senior U.S. military officer, still actively serving, described the mood at...
General Keane: Turkish incursion into Syria would force Kurds to flee, freeing captured ISIS members (via Fox news)

General Keane: Turkish incursion into Syria would force Kurds to flee, freeing captured ISIS members (via Fox news)


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  61 Comments  •  6 years ago

Screen Shot - Fox News Retired U.S. Army Gen. Jack Keane warned a military incursion into Syria by Turkey could cause the American-ally Kurds to flee, leaving thousands of  ISIS  prisoners...
The real reason trump is screwing over our best allies- (the Kurds

The real reason trump is screwing over our best allies- (the Kurds


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  111 Comments  •  6 years ago

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump  at the June 2019 G-20 conference in Osaka, Japan.  Presidential Press Service/Pool Photo...
The Cuban Missile Crisis Myth You Probably Believe

The Cuban Missile Crisis Myth You Probably Believe


Via: vic-eldred  •  History & Sociology  •  2 Comments  •  6 years ago

Several months after the publication of  Averting ‘The Final Failure’: John F. Kennedy and the Secret Cuban Missile Crisis Meetings  (Stanford University Press, 2003), my narrative history of...
Who are the Kurds?

Who are the Kurds?


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  7 Comments  •  8 years ago

  There have been several diaries lately about the Kurds and the Turkish border, Kirkuk, the debacle in Iraq; some of these diaries well sourced, others, not so much...   But, who are the...
Disturbing moment Turkish president's bodyguards attack Kurdish protesters.....

Disturbing moment Turkish president's bodyguards attack Kurdish protesters.....


Via: aeonpax  •  News & Politics  •  16 Comments  •  8 years ago

Disturbing moment Turkish president's bodyguards attack Kurdish protesters, leaving them a bloodied mess outside ambassador's Washington residence during leader's visit to meet Trump Shocking...
Fox News anchor accuses White House of 'trying to cover up Michael Flynn scandal'

Fox News anchor accuses White House of 'trying to cover up Michael Flynn scandal'


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  8 years ago

A Fox News anchor has accused the White House of behaving in a way consistent with a “cover-up” over the actions of former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Although the network is...
Turkey's ongoing genocide against the Kurds

Turkey's ongoing genocide against the Kurds


Via: krishna  •  News & Politics  •  4 Comments  •  8 years ago

A participant flashes V-signs during an International Womens' Day Rally in the Kurdish-dominated southeastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey. (REUTERS) GENEVA: About 2,000 people were killed and...
The Unraveling of Turkey: A View from Ankara

The Unraveling of Turkey: A View from Ankara


Via: spikegary  •  News & Politics  •  6 Comments  •  9 years ago

The country continues to descend into uncertainty following the assassination of the Russian ambassador. ANKARA—For weeks, the main shopping areas of Turkey’s capital city have been eerily...
Terrorist Attacks at Airport in Turkey: 28 killed, Over 60 injured

Terrorist Attacks at Airport in Turkey: 28 killed, Over 60 injured


Via: perrie-berlin-halpern  •  News & Politics  •  35 Comments  •  9 years ago

By Perrie Halpern According to various new sources, 2 gun men opened fire at  Turkey’s largest airport, Istanbul Atatürk. When police open fire on them, they blew themselves up  outside the...