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    REPORT: ISRAEL MARRING TURKEY-US TIES

    PRESS TV
    Oct 24 2007
    Iran

    The recent crisis in US-Turkish relations is embedded in the Israeli
    lobby's concern over Turkey's closer ties with Iran and Syria.

    According to a report carried on the Rense website Wednesday, the
    American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and Turkey's other
    erstwhile friends, including the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), are
    concerned about its amicable ties with the mentioned countries.

    The report adds that the Israeli lobby, withdrawing support for their
    former allies in Turkey, have pushed for the approval of the Armenian
    genocide resolution.

    Turkey, Syria, and Iran are cooperating in battling PKK forces on their
    respective territories. It appears that Israel is willing to sacrifice
    its past close relations with Turkey in its support for the Kurds.

    Israel's Mossad has re-established close links with the Kurds in the
    region and is creating tension between Iran, Turkey, and the Kurds,
    the report notes.

    The election of an Islamic-minded government in Turkey has been
    another reason for AIPAC, the ADL, and the neocons in Washington to
    turn up the heat on Ankara.

    Adding to the anger of the Israel lobby was the recent natural gas
    deal inked between Syria, Iran, and Turkey. Iran will provide Syria
    with Iranian gas via Turkish pipelines.

    Turkey has already blamed Israel for the passage by the US House
    International Relations Committee of the Armenian genocide resolution.

    Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan reportedly told Israeli president
    Shimon Peres earlier this month that since Israel ultimately controls
    Jewish-American organizations like the ADL, Turkey held Israel partly
    responsible for the passage of the Armenian genocide resolution.
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