Chapter 990 Kurds

Although there is a saying later that "Huskies are among dogs, Turkey is among nations", Türkiye's "ancestors" are indeed richer.

Turkey once developed from a Turkic tribe into the Ottoman Empire spanning Europe, Asia, and Africa. It once suppressed European countries and made those European countries tremble...

It was also because the Ottoman Empire was too powerful at the time, occupying most of the Mediterranean and monopolizing trade from Europe to Asia, forcing European countries to open new shipping routes, and the rise of the empire on which the sun never sets came about.

It can be said that everything is rolling forward in the gears of history, and the Ottoman Empire and the Chinese Empire, the two behemoths in the east and west of Asia, were constantly attacked by emerging capitalist countries.

Compared with the Qing Dynasty, it can be said that Ottoman Turkey was directly dismembered into nearly forty countries because it was Europe's nightmare for hundreds of years. Modern Turkey, which inherited its mantle, only accounts for less than one-seventh of the territory of the Ottoman Empire at its peak.

Apart from Türkiye, which countries were once dismembered from the Ottoman Empire?

The European part includes Hungary, Croatia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Romania, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Greece, Montenegro and other countries

The Asian part includes Syria, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait and other countries.

The African part includes Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and other countries.

At this point, you can understand why Turkey always likes to get involved in the Middle East. After all, in their view, most of the entire Middle East was once the territory of their "ancestors"...

Türkiye is currently a member of NATO but not the European Union.

The main reason is that Turkey has a feud with Tsarist Russia and the Soviet Union, and has been taught many lessons by the Russians throughout history. During the Cold War, the United States naturally would not miss the opportunity to win over Turkey, which was in a key strategic position, so Turkey took advantage of the situation and accepted the Western influence. pen aid and joined NATO.

But from the 1980s to now, for more than 30 years, Turkey has been seeking to join the EU, but has never been accepted. This is not because the EU dislikes Turkey, at least this is not the main reason. The main reason is that Turkey Greece is a member of the EU and will vote against it every time to prevent Turkey from joining the EU...

The Greco-Turkish War between Greece and Turkey has been fought for a long time anyway. The two sides still have unresolved territorial disputes - in the 1974 dispute between Turkey and Greece over Cyprus, Turkey even used three warships disguised as Greek warships. , preparing for a sneak attack, and then being discovered by their own air force, sinking one ship and severely damaging two "feat"...

As for the Kurds mentioned by Barron to Cameron, it can be said that their "appearance rate" in many conflicts in the Middle East is also very high.

The Kurds themselves are the fourth largest ethnic group in the Middle East after the Arabs, Turks and Persians. The hero Saladin in Islamic history is a Kurd.

The Kurds were previously ruled by the Ottoman Empire. During the national independence movement after World War II, the Kurds hoped to establish their own "Kurdistan", but failed. As a result, their gathering areas were divided into four countries...

Then the Kurds have been seeking independence. During the Iraq War, the Kurds resisted Saddam Hussein and sought independence; during the Syrian Civil War, the Kurds resisted government forces and sought independence...

In fact, the Kurds in Türkiye are also restless, and Türkiye has not relaxed its crackdown on Kurdish independence forces.

Of course, when countries like Iraq and Syria were subverted, the Kurds always received funding from the United States to carry out rebellions, but when they conflicted with the interests of Turkey and other parties, they were betrayed without any psychological burden. Rather miserable.

The Kurds are currently facing the threat of ISIS (Islamic State). This extremely dangerous terrorist extremist organization was born out of Al Qaeda. It has not yet officially changed its name to "Islamic State", but it has "victory" with the Syrian opposition armed groups. Front, which occupies parts of northern Iraq and Syria.

It can be said that until now, Western countries, including the United States, are still immersed in the confrontation with Russian forces in Syria and have not realized the danger of the Islamic State.

In the future, the Kurds will not only be one of the important forces resisting the Islamic State, but they will also be able to cause some trouble to Türkiye, and they are worthy of their support.

Cameron wants to say that the strategy for the Middle East requires some coordination with the United States.

However, thinking that England, led by His Royal Highness the Duke, needed a certain degree of autonomy, he suppressed this idea and said:

"I will ask the intelligence department to make a feasibility report and will consider this matter carefully..."

"For the support of the Kurds, we don't need to invest too much in the early stage. We can contact them through our relationship network in Iraq and provide them with some guns and ammunition in advance. I believe this will be what they expect."

Although the British army has almost completely withdrawn from Iraq, their intelligence agency still has a certain network of relationships in Iraq, and the remaining strength of the Protector Military Service Company in Iraq can also provide these support materials for the Kurds. channel.

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And these guns and ammunition can also be transported directly from Kolo to Iraq through the channels of the Protector Military Service Company and handed over to the Kurds.

"In addition, we can also provide training for some Kurds. Through our bases in Iraq and Kolo, especially the use of some small drones, they still play a big role in their small-scale infiltration battles."

Even if it is not a professional reconnaissance drone like "Jungle Wolf" with a wider reconnaissance range and longer hovering time, the use of the "Hummingbird" series of small drones produced by Hangyu Seiko can play a huge role in the conflict between local armed organizations in a region of the Middle East.

These drone tactics, the Protector Military Service Company itself has special research and application at the Munger Base. It can be said that they have been relatively early in drone warfare.

After a few years, it will no longer be a rare thing for these terrorist organizations and anti-government forces in the Middle East to use drones to participate in combat.