I do not agree with the analysis below. For Turkey ISIS is a good shield against Iranian Inspired gangs in Iraq terrorizing Sunni parts of iraq and Syria.
True that ISIS might have a potential to destabilize Turkey itself. as it happens in all state funded non state actors like in our case with Taliban , now foreign powers also step in and western encouragement of sending Muslims from Western countries to these areas also gave them access to events , though officially their policy is otherwise now as other fears have grown.
Turkey knows that the only alternative is directly conquer Syria and part of Iraq like the old ottomans , which is expensive , could be risky , invoke anger from many sides and they refrained from it thus far . But if Iran even with treaty on the horizon still encourages houthis, allows 10% Alawites to control 90% Sunnis in Syria and goes on sending fighters all over , even training shia Pakistanis from amongst Hazaras and some parts of KPK in arts of war , then there is no alternative , All four countries , Saudia , Turkey , Egypt and Pakistan have to tell them who is incharge of the Muslim world , Iran or the rest . These five weeks are important , If Iran capitulates on Yemen , Bahrain and Syria as well agrees on taming Hizbollah , then even a long term Shia Sunni peace lasting generations is quite possible . Iraq can be handled later by many parties.
ISIS can be given help to capture Baghdad but more likely is that ISIS will be recognized as transitional government of upper Iraq after it gives up this Caliphate claim and later Iraq divided or ruled , till the next Lion like Saddam disciplines it for good of its people.
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Senior Western official: Links between Turkey and ISIS are now 'undeniable'
(REUTERS/Umit Bektas) An ISIS fighter walks near a black flag belonging to the Islamic State as a Turkish army vehicle takes position near the Syrian town of Kobani, as pictured from the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, October 7, 2014.
A US-led raid on the compound housing the Islamic State's "chief financial officer" produced evidence that Turkish officials directly dealt with ranking ISIS members, Martin Chulov of the Guardian reported recently.
The officer killed in the raid, Islamic State official Abu Sayyaf, was responsible for directing the terror army's oil and gas operations in Syria. The Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) earns up to $10 million a month selling oil on black markets.
Documents and flash drives seized during the Sayyaf raid reportedly revealed links "so clear" and "undeniable" between Turkey and ISIS "that they could end up having profound policy implications for the relationship between us and Ankara," senior Western official familiar with the captured intelligence told the Guardian.
NATO member Turkey has long been accused by experts, Kurds, and even Joe Biden of enabling ISIS by turning a blind eye to the vast smuggling networks of weapons and fighters during the ongoing Syrian war.
The move by the ruling AKP party was apparently part of ongoing attempts to trigger the downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.
Ankara officially ended its loose border policy last year, but not before its southern frontier became a transit point for cheap oil, weapons, foreign fighters, and pillaged antiquities.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/links-between-turkey-isis-now-195700510.html
True that ISIS might have a potential to destabilize Turkey itself. as it happens in all state funded non state actors like in our case with Taliban , now foreign powers also step in and western encouragement of sending Muslims from Western countries to these areas also gave them access to events , though officially their policy is otherwise now as other fears have grown.
Turkey knows that the only alternative is directly conquer Syria and part of Iraq like the old ottomans , which is expensive , could be risky , invoke anger from many sides and they refrained from it thus far . But if Iran even with treaty on the horizon still encourages houthis, allows 10% Alawites to control 90% Sunnis in Syria and goes on sending fighters all over , even training shia Pakistanis from amongst Hazaras and some parts of KPK in arts of war , then there is no alternative , All four countries , Saudia , Turkey , Egypt and Pakistan have to tell them who is incharge of the Muslim world , Iran or the rest . These five weeks are important , If Iran capitulates on Yemen , Bahrain and Syria as well agrees on taming Hizbollah , then even a long term Shia Sunni peace lasting generations is quite possible . Iraq can be handled later by many parties.
ISIS can be given help to capture Baghdad but more likely is that ISIS will be recognized as transitional government of upper Iraq after it gives up this Caliphate claim and later Iraq divided or ruled , till the next Lion like Saddam disciplines it for good of its people.
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Senior Western official: Links between Turkey and ISIS are now 'undeniable'
(REUTERS/Umit Bektas) An ISIS fighter walks near a black flag belonging to the Islamic State as a Turkish army vehicle takes position near the Syrian town of Kobani, as pictured from the Turkish-Syrian border near the southeastern town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, October 7, 2014.
A US-led raid on the compound housing the Islamic State's "chief financial officer" produced evidence that Turkish officials directly dealt with ranking ISIS members, Martin Chulov of the Guardian reported recently.
The officer killed in the raid, Islamic State official Abu Sayyaf, was responsible for directing the terror army's oil and gas operations in Syria. The Islamic State (aka ISIS, ISIL, or Daesh) earns up to $10 million a month selling oil on black markets.
Documents and flash drives seized during the Sayyaf raid reportedly revealed links "so clear" and "undeniable" between Turkey and ISIS "that they could end up having profound policy implications for the relationship between us and Ankara," senior Western official familiar with the captured intelligence told the Guardian.
NATO member Turkey has long been accused by experts, Kurds, and even Joe Biden of enabling ISIS by turning a blind eye to the vast smuggling networks of weapons and fighters during the ongoing Syrian war.
The move by the ruling AKP party was apparently part of ongoing attempts to trigger the downfall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime.
Ankara officially ended its loose border policy last year, but not before its southern frontier became a transit point for cheap oil, weapons, foreign fighters, and pillaged antiquities.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/links-between-turkey-isis-now-195700510.html
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