by DAVID BROWN | CLEARNFO.com | March 29, 2015

UPDATE: TURKEY
US General Recommends ”Shielding” Terrorists In Syria  Clearly, Syria will not be able to withstand attack after attack by Western-backed jihadists without defending itself simply because of American agreements to “shield” their terrorist proxies. On the other hand, if Syria defends itself against the jihadists and subsequently against the US forces protecting them, it will risk bringing the US into direct combat against the SAA and providing the imperialists with the justification for larger-scale military action.

US/Turkey Sign Deal to Arm Death Squads in Syria …while the UN Calls for Assad Gov’t Ceasefire Against Death Squads

2,000 Syrian rebels to be trained in Turkey   “At the moment, the PYD is equal with the PKK for us. It is also a terrorist organization. It would be very wrong for America – with whom we are allies and are together with in NATO – to expect us to say ‘yes’ after openly announcing such support for a terrorist organization. It cannot expect such a thing from us and we cannot say ‘yes’ to such a thing either,” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters on board of a plane returning from Kabul to Istanbul, state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Oct. 19.

Turkey, US sign deal to train, equip Syria rebels   “Turkey and the United States signed a document a short time ago on the train-and-equip (programme),” Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told reporters.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the Hurriyet daily on Sunday that he no longer enjoyed good relations with US President Barack Obama, in part over their differences on how to respond to the conflict in Syria.