Israel is, though, supplying an unmanned aerial vehicle to Turkey in order to help that country deal with PKK terrorists in its south.
From the Turkish Daily News:
The Turkish military has leased an Israeli-made unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mainly to combat increasing terror attacks in the country's southeast. The lease period is one year.The UAV, manufactured by Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) will be delivered to Ankara next week. It will be stationed in Batman and operated by an Israeli squad, defense officials in Ankara said. Turkish military personnel will only perform the sensor operation duty for the UAV.How does it come about that Turkey would even consider involving the 'Little Satan' in its military affairs? Isn't Israel the main cause of instability in the Middle East? Aren't the Jews the enemies of all Muslims.
Turkish military officials have gone for the lease option to meet their urgent operational requirements in the southeast. PKK attacks have killed nearly 50 Turkish troops this year."This is a non-standard aircraft and to operate it we would have to spend a lot of time for training," a military official said. "The Israelis will operate the aircraft to meet our urgent operational requirements in the southeast." The Turkish military has been operating one UAV in the southeast for the past 15 years. That one, delivered by U.S. General Atomics, fails to meet the increasing operational need in the face of the latest wave of PKK attacks against Turkish targets.
In 2005, IAI won a separate Turkish contract for the supply of three UAV systems and 10 aircraft in a $180 million deal. But the deliveries of these critical systems, originally scheduled for April 2007, are now facing delays for about one year.
Once again, Turkey demonstrates that it's actually possible to be a Muslim country and be civilised. In doing so, they make a mockery of the thuggish regimes in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Iran and elsewhere.
2 comments:
I see this trade between Turkey and Israel as a good thing. Yet I am sorry to see the Turks use it against the Kurds. An oppressed people with a just cause.
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