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Title: Istanbul Blasts: Terrorism or False Flag?
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Published: Jun 29, 2016
Author: Stephen Lendman
Post Date: 2016-06-29 08:38:15 by Stephen Lendman
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Istanbul Blasts: Terrorism or False Flag? by Stephen Lendman It’s too early for a rush to judgment. Here’s what’s known. On Tuesday night, multiple blasts and automatic rifle fire, reportedly by three suicide bombers, rocked Istanbul’s Ataturk airport. Dozens were killed, over 230 injured. Was the incident terrorism or state-sponsored false flag deception to look that way? It’s too soon to know. Timing is often significant. Six years after Israeli commandos slaughtered 10 Turkish nationals aboard the Mavi Marmara Gaza Freedom Flotilla mother ship, Netanyahu and Erdogan normalized relations. Israel agreed to pay $20 million in reparations to surviving family members, along with other mutually agreed on terms. Gaza remains besieged despite Ankara claiming otherwise. At the same time, Erdogan apologized to Putin by letter for downing a Russian Su-24 warplane flying over Syria - at the time, falsely claimed to have entered Turkish airspace. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, “(a) telephone conversation between President Putin and President Erdogan will take place (on Wednesday, June 29) at the initiative of the Russian side.” He stopped short of indicating whether normalized relations would follow. Were either or both of these events connected to Tuesday night’s incident? Again, it’s unknown at this time. No claim of responsibility followed the attack. Prime Minister Binali Yildirm blamed ISIS, saying “(t)he findings of our security forces point at the Daesh organization as the perpetrators of this terror attack.” Erdogan called for a “joint fight” against terrorism, saying nothing about his support for ISIS, letting them operate freely from Turkish territory, supplying them with arms and munitions, selling their stolen Syrian and Iraqi oil - he, his family and other regime officials profiting hugely. It begs the question. Why would ISIS attack an important benefactor? Others include America, NATO, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other regional states. Erdogan is at war with Kurds in three countries, naked aggression by any standard - at home, in Syria and Iraq. Yet he didn’t blame their fighters for what happened. While it’s unknown if Tuesday’s incident was state-sponsored, previous similar ones in Europe and America suggest it. The fullness of time should tell. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net. His new book as editor and contributor is titled "Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III." http://www.claritypress.com/LendmanIII.html Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com. Listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network.
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#1. To: Stephen Lendman (#0)
Well, it sure wasn't the Armenians or the Greeks wanting the return of Constantinople, so that kinda narrows it down......
-Alex Kurtagic
#2. To: X-15 (#1)
Sun comes up in the morning, we have conspiracy and or false flag.
#3. To: Cynicom (#2)
To the conspironuts everything is a conspiracy and a false flag and has crisis actors.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
#4. To: Turtle (#3)
Farmers almanac told me a year ago, exact minute sun would rise, by golly they were right. Where did they get inside information?
#5. To: Turtle (#3)
Put your dunce hat on for this. For all time, there has been ONE RIGHT that all men have, one that cannot be taken away by any government. What is it?
#6. To: Cynicom (#5)
The right to be stupid?
"Have Brain, Will Travel
#7. To: Turtle (#6)
Stupidity is an acquired mental condition not a God given right. Thimk?????? All heads of states fear it, all. The right to be stupid?
#8. To: Cynicom (#7)
People figuring things out and rising up and throwing them out.
"Have Brain, Will Travel
#9. To: Cynicom, Turtle (#7)
Must be nice to be so certain that you are correct about every single aspect of every single incident. And your gall to call everyone else who doesn't buy the government's and presstitutes' accounts stupid is astounding.
#10. To: X-15 (#1)
An lethal attack on the Istanbul airport is probably the last thing that Erdogan needs. The Erdogan family has been doing huge business stealing petroleum from Iraq and Syria with the active cooperation of some Kurds and most of all by the headchoppers, however denominated, who are beneficiaries of this traffic. The oil is transported through Turkey and is sold on the Mediterranean, and Erdogan's son puts the profits in his pocket. Putin has come down on this business like a ton of bricks and has given Erdogan's ISIS / Daesh clients a hiding. They're losing in territory, manpower, morale and money. It could be that the Wahabist cannibals are striking out at the hand that's been feeding them. Well, it sure wasn't the Armenians or the Greeks wanting the return of Constantinople, so that kinda narrows it down......
"If ignorance is truly bliss, then why do so many Americans need Prozac?" - Dave McGowan
#11. To: randge, Cynicom. Turtle, christine (#10)
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3664710/Two-explosions-gunfire-Istanbul-s- Ataturk-airport- cause-multiple-injuries.html Muslim cop shoots one if the gunmen and runs away. Another article tells that the cop survived but lost his spleen.
-Alex Kurtagic
#12. To: christine (#9)
Feel better? I do not take umbrage at any degree. In these times, one has to be careful about joining the lemmings, in their fatal rush to the abyss. Lemmings are programmed for such, just perhaps many Americans have unknowingly been following a Pied Piper? All my life I have had the greatest disdain for all government, all military, all authority, trust no one. That is why my nick has always been Cynical olde man. Must be nice to be so certain that you are correct about every single aspect of every single incident. And your gall to call everyone else who doesn't buy the government's and presstitutes' accounts stupid is astounding.
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