Turkish aid has gone directly to al Qaida in Iraq, while the United States has similarly assisted the PKK in the region. That, at least, is what is rumoured to be in some of the US diplomatic correspondence that is to be imminently released by the online whistleblower Wikileaks.
The Turkish press picked up on the story over the weekend as it emerged Turkey was one of the countries briefed by the US State Department. It appears there has been a warning to expect something “potentially embarrassing”. To whom, and in what way, remains to be seen.
Being only rumours, there’s little real comment I can make. You don’t need me to tell you that, if vindicated, this could be explosive. But it all does seem just a little too far-fetched.
The Twitter scene seems to think there will be a release at 4.30pm New York City time tomorrow (Sunday). We shall wait and see.
JamesInTurkey.com
Michael Daventry
