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Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has furiously condemned the US decision to issue arrest warrants to 12 members of his security detail because of their involvement in a bloody brawl with peaceful protesters in Washington DC last month.
In a dramatic escalation of tensions between two Nato allies, Erdoğan said on Thursday that his government would "fight politically and judicially" against the warrants that had been issued earlier in the day.
[...] The ministry said in a statement that the ambassador was told the decision to issue arrest warrants was "wrong, biased and lacks legal basis".
"That the brawl in front of the Turkish Ambassador's Residence was caused by the failure of local security authorities to take necessary measures; that this incident would not have occurred if the US authorities had taken the usual measures they take in similar high level visits and therefore that Turkish citizens cannot be held responsible for the incident that took place," the statement said.
Erdoğan echoed these statements in televised remarks on Thursday night. "Why would I take my guards to the United States if not to protect myself?" he said.
[...] US senator John McCain called for Turkey's ambassador to the US to be removed from the country because of the fight and to charge those involved with the incident.
"After all, they violated American laws in the United States of America, so you cannot have that happen in the United States of America," McCain told MSNBC last month. "People have the right in our country to peacefully demonstrate and they were peacefully demonstrating."
The House committee on foreign affairs echoed the senators' call in a letter to secretary of state, Rex Tillerson. "Alarmingly, this behavior is indicative of the broad crackdowns on political activists, journalists and religious freedom in Turkey that have greatly harmed Turkish democracy in recent years," the letter said.
Source: The Guardian
In 2011 an incident happened at the UN, Ban-Ki Moon apologized to Turkey for a "misunderstanding" which left UN security officers injured.
(Score: 2) by Lagg on Sunday June 18 2017, @08:58PM
You fail at elective responsibility and you're gonna fail hardcore at history in about 10 years. Also your bizarre ellipsis style made me realize you're the one that thinks the US isn't a democracy which plays into the hands of the federal government quite well. So you fail at the personal responsibility we all have to watch that tree of liberty and protect it, too. The republicans I grew up around that are all "but muh guns" right now have that level of love for their country at least.
All you're telling me is that there is such a thing as dumb and complacent liberals too. You know assuming this isn't just a big ol' trollbasket left on my porch that you pooped in. Granted, I know that people who call themselves liberals can be no less mean and judgemental than the next person. Which is why you'll often see me passionately reject the label.
Now back to my LGBT parade, gun control march, SF jazz event and transgender orgy. Because boy oh boy if there's one thing about me it's that I'm all about the democratic party doncha know [soylentnews.org].
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