Turkish MP faces treason charges after telling RT ISIS used Turkey for transiting sar

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Turkish MP faces treason charges after telling RT ISIS used Turkey for transiting sarin Published time: 16 Dec, 2015 09:56Edited time: 16 Dec, 2015 17:33
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A treason investigation has been launched against a Turkish MP who alleged in an exclusive interview with RT that Islamic State jihadists delivered deadly sarin gas to Syria through Turkey.
Ankara’s Chief Prosecutor's Office opened the case against Istanbul MP Eren Erdem of Republican People's Party (CHP) after his interview about sarin was aired on RT on Monday.
"Chemical weapon materials were brought to Turkey and put together in ISIS camps in Syria, which was known as the Iraqi Al-Qaeda at that time."







Erdem noted that the chemicals used for the production of weapons did not originate from Turkey. “All basic materials are purchased from Europe. Western institutions should question themselves about these relations. Western sources know very well who carried out the sarin gas attack in Syria,” Erdem told RT.

As Turkish media reported Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office is planning to send a summary of proceedings to the Ministry of Justice on Thursday. Following that, the summary may be forwarded to the Turkish parliament, which could vote to strip Erdem of his parliamentary immunity.
Once Turkish mass-media reported the criminal investigation had been opened against Erdem, the hashtags #ErenErdemYalnızDeğildir - #ErenErdemYouAreNotAlone began to circulate in Turkish social networks.
On Tuesday, MP Erdem issued a written statement in his defense, saying he had become the target of a smear campaign because of his statements made in parliament.
He claimed he had received death threats over social media following the publication of his interview with RT, revealing the Turkish paramilitary organization Ottoman Hearths had published his home address on Twitter to enable an attack on his house.
“I am being targeted with death threats because I am patriotically opposed to something that tramples on my country's prestige,” said the MP.

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As for his accusations about Turkish businessmen being involved in supplying Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) with the poisonous gas sarin and other reactants needed for chemical warfare, Erdem maintained this statement was made based on the results of a Turkish court investigation in 2013.
Erdem revealed that five Turkish citizens had been arrested by the Adana Chief Prosecutor's Office as a result of an investigation coded 2013/139. A Syrian national was prosecuted in Turkey for procuring chemical agents for Islamist groups in Syria. At the same time, Erdem noted all the persons arrested within the framework of the 2013/139 investigation were released a week later.
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https://img.rt.com/files/2015.11/thumbnail/5657183fc36188f6688b457b.jpgTurkish newspaper editor in court for 'espionage' after revealing weapon convoy to Syrian militants (https://www.rt.com/news/323557-turkey-arrests-editor-cumhuriyet/)
In an interview to Turkey’s Kanal 24 on Tuesday, Cem Küçük, a columnist at the pro-government Star daily, said that Erdem's claims about sarin gas should be regarded as treason. Erdem should be stripped of his parliamentary immunity to “pay for his deeds,” Today’s Zaman cited Küçük as saying.
The Turkish public is “very much polarized” and those supporting the government and followers of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) make up “about half of the country,” Hisyar Ozsoy, Turkish MP for leftist HDP party, told RT.
“They really do not care about what is happening in terms of freedom of expression,” Ozsoy said, adding that “anybody who is critical of the government is facing incredible pressure: indictments, court cases, even imprisonments.”
The Turkish government - and the president in particular - use polarization of the Turkish community as a mode of carrying out politics that very much worries the other half of the citizenry.
The most widely-reported chemical attack in Syria took place in the early hours of August 21, 2013, in Ghouta, on the outer fringes of Damascus. Rockets containing sarin gas were reportedly fired, killing more than 1,400 people, including no fewer than 426 children. It was on the very day a UN team of inspectors arrived in the city to investigate the alleged March 19 chemical attack in Khan al-Assal, northern Syria.
READ MORE: On brink of Syria invasion: 1 year since Ghouta chemical attack (https://www.rt.com/news/181696-ghouta-chemical-attack-anniversary/)

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152 Pro-Saudi Troops Killed in South Yemen Missile Strike
Saudi Special Forces Commander Among Slain in Attack on Base

by Jason Ditz, December 14, 2015
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In what appears to be the single deadliest strike of the nine-month Saudi war in Yemen, forces loyal to the Shi’ite Houthis fired (http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2015-12/14/c_134915877.htm)an OTR-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missile at a pro-Saudi coalition base near Taiz, with early reports putting the death toll around 152 troops (http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/12/14/united-arab-emirates/77289732/).
http://news.antiwar.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/yemen.gifThe identities of all the slain are still being sorted out, but dozens of foreign troops are among the slain, including Saudi Special Forces commander Col. Abdullah Sahyan. Emirati and Moroccan soldiers were also identified as among the slain.
The Houthis reported the attack was carried out by one of the nation’s few remaining Tochka missiles, and reported causing “many losses in lives and military equipment,” claiming to have destroyed Apache helicopters in the strike.
This is the second Tochka missile used in the war, with a previous strike against an Emirati base in Maarib Province back in September, an attack which killed 45 soldiers. These stand as the two deadliest strikes against combatants during the war, though there have been several incidents where scores of civilians were slain.
Yemen was believed to have around 10 Tochka missiles at the start of the war. It is unclear how many remain, as many early attacks targeted bases believed to hold Yemen’s missile arsenals. http://news.antiwar.com/2015/12/14/1...issile-strike/ (http://news.antiwar.com/2015/12/14/152-pro-saudi-troops-killed-in-south-yemen-missile-strike/)

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Revolting what is happening here. It was just a week ago the chief editor of one of the major oppositional Newspapers in Turkey was arrested for treason for exposing the Turkish-ISIS weapons trade conducted by Turkish secret service.

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A New La Cosa Nostra (London Mafia?)I say we cut to the chase BBC. Britain has a constitutional monarchy, which is really a monarchy. Can we just admit this, please? In fact of the matter, it can be argued that Britain’s colonies never did really become independent. Don’t the Bank of England and the Rothschilds still exert massive influence? Is Canada really so independent? America? Why only India seems to me to be charting her own course. So what if Vladimir Putin were named Czar of all Russia? Would having a good and powerful monarch be worse, than having a mediocre bankster puppet doing the bidding of the most evil human beings who ever lived? Let’s see. On the one hand there is this Czar-King person, essentially doing what is best for his people. On the other there is this form of La Cosa Nostra going on, a new age racket where the crime bosses operate money presses and credit malls. Did you ever notice how the mafia in America just seemed to disappear? Where did they go, I wonder? Did the FBI “whack” them all? Of did Godfather character Vito Corleone’s dream come true? Is the western world some Godfather 12 futuristic legitimate business?I guess I stretched the limits a bit far here. Or did I? The BBC won’t even send a reporter to a war zone in Donbass, for fear of finding the truth. Western media relies on the message it wants, this is crystal clear. The only difference between Steve Rosenberg and some paid off NATO troll is the skill with which the propaganda is woven. Rosenberg is a Persian rug smooth purveyor, whilst most Radio Liberty preachers are bristly indoor-outdoor carpets. Whichever one a reader or viewer chooses to lay on, he or she never feels the hardwood floor underneath. Excuse my metaphors, but I have my sense of artistic license too. As for Putin’s wonderland, not many nations are so self sufficient. And none has a leader so skilled or patient, so capable even in the face of resolute, massively funded opponents. If Putin is a Czar, or even a mob boss, the London racketeers sure seem desperate these days. Next time I’ll reveal how Sicily and the British Isles have more similarities.Phil Butler, is a policy investigator and analyst, a political scientist and expert on Eastern Europe, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook” (http://journal-neo.org/).
First appeared: http://journal-neo.org/2015/12/10/london-mob-uses-chem-trails-to-foster-russophobia/