Turkish PM warns Russia by recalling Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Date
2/10/2016 9:18:54 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoluhas warnedRussiaover the possible consequences of its moves in neighboring Syria suggesting they might be about to become mired in the country as the Soviet Union did in Afghanistan in 1979.
“Do not worry at all the tyrants who turned Syria my precious Aleppo and Bayrbucak into a lake of blood will one day definitely pay the price for what they have done” Davutolu said on Feb. 9. “Nobody should forget how the Soviet forces which were a mighty super force during the Cold War and entered into Afghanistan left Afghanistan in a servile situation. Those who have entered Syria today will also leave Syria in a servile way” Davutolu said.
The Soviet Union stayed for nearly a decade in Afghanistan after being invited in by the government in Kabul before withdrawing in 1988. Russia’s armed campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria and its open-ended military presence in the war-torn country marked Moscow’s first major foreign intervention since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
“Russia is continuing to mercilessly bomb civilian targets which don’t have anything to do with terror. We have information on the locations of each bomb dropped by Russia one by one. Ninety percent of more than 6000 sorties targeted civilians and moderate opposition and only 10 percent DAESH” Davutolu said using an Arabic acronym for ISIL as he addressed a parliamentary group meeting of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
“We have information on locations where each bomb has been dropped and the entire international community the United States and the United Nations know it as well. Now it is time to put a lid on this” he said.
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