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Kathianne
07-19-2017, 08:28 PM
Hopefully they will pay a price:

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/342830-turkey-reveals-secret-us-military-locations-in-syria


Turkey reveals secret US military locations in Syria

BY ELLEN MITCHELL - 07/19/17 06:50 PM EDT

Turkey's state-run news agency on Wednesday leaked the positions of 10 U.S. military posts in northern Syria, drawing swift criticism from the Pentagon.

Anadolu Agency published a map of 10 locations it said were U.S. military posts. The agency said the points are “usually hidden for security reasons,” but then listed the bases, including two airfields and eight military outposts.

The report also lists the specific districts where the U.S. military is stationed. In one case, Anadolu revealed the number of U.S. soldiers and French special forces stationed at a post in Ayn Issah.

The locations are all in an area controlled by Syrian Kurdish forces known as the Kurdish Democratic Party (PYD) and the People's Protection Units (YPG). The U.S. supports the groups as they help combat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), but Turkey considers YPG as terrorists.

Pentagon spokesman Maj. Adrian Rankine-Galloway told The Hill that the Defense Department doesn't disclose the locations where U.S.-led coalition forces are in Syria are “for operational security reasons.”

“The release of sensitive military information exposes Coalition forces to unnecessary risk and has the potential to disrupt ongoing operations to defeat ISIS,” Rankine-Galloway said.

He added that Pentagon officials have expressed their concerns to the Turkish government.

“While we cannot independently verify the sources that contributed to this story, we would be very concerned if officials from a NATO ally would purposefully endanger our forces by releasing sensitive information,” Rankine-Galloway said.

The United States and Turkey have had a rocky relationship in recent months.

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Gunny
07-19-2017, 09:17 PM
The US and Turkey have had a rocky relationship since it began. Turks are arrogant a-holes and I hated living there. We use them as a forward observation post against Russia, and they use us to keep Russia out. Beginning and end of relationship. They've done more to jack the US around than they have every helped.