"Turkey is the main supporter of jihadi organizations, which are merely distinguished by the Islamic State [the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)]," Chomsky told a packed group of students, journalists and activists at Boston College on Saturday. Chomsky's speech was part of a conference on press freedom in the Middle East organized by the Peace Islands Institute.
Chomsky is not the first to accuse Turkey of what many have called implicit support for radical groups in Syria opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Turkish authorities have been the subject of much criticism for the porous and loosely inspected border that has been a major transit route for Syria-bound foreign fighters.
Chomsky said Turkey has been very resistant to attacking ISIL, despite a recent deal between Turkey and the US on the use of Turkish airfields for US warplanes. He added that the US claimed or believed that Turkey would join the fight against ISIL after the deal. "But they didn't," Chomsky said, recalling that Turkey instead attacked Kurds in Iraq and Syria.
Chomsky's remarks illustrated a prevailing belief in the West that Turkey's agreement to let the US use jets from Turkish air bases was a ploy to go after the Kurds. Since shortly after the deal with the US, Turkey has largely focused its air campaign on Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) elements in northern Iraq and has frequently shelled Syrian Kurdish groups close to Turkey's border.
Chomsky claimed that Turkey is supporting jihadi fronts in Syria, al-Nusra and Ahrar al-Sham in particular. He described al-Nusra as the main recipient of the Turkish aid.
"Turkish support for al-Nusra apparently is so strong that the first contingent of 50 Pentagon-trained moderate Syrian rebels was immediately wiped out by the al-Nusra front as soon as they entered into Syria,” Chomsky said. "And it seems the [al-Nusra] front was informed by the Turkish intelligence to get ready to wipe out this first contingent, according to pretty credible reports," Chomsky added........http://www.todayszaman.com/diplomacy_chomsky-syrian-al-nusra-main-recipient-of-turkish-aid_404345.html
15/11/15
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