Few things that happened since Turkey made a deal with Kurdistan of Northern Iraq for natural gas for 50 years and started selling Kurdistans oil independently from world powers. - USA criticized this action 3 times in 10 days. QUESTION: One more on Turkey? MS. PSAKI: Turkey? Mm-hmm. QUESTION: Yes. This Kurdish – Iraq-Kurdish oil tankers – today, second one left Turkish port, and the other one is, I think – I don’t know whether it already sold. Do you have any comment on those tankers? MS. PSAKI: Well, our position, obviously, here has been clear and longstanding in that we don’t support the export or sale of oil, absent the appropriate approval of the Federal Iraqi Government. And as you know, this exposes those who are undergoing this effort to potentially serious legal risks. I’ve seen those reports. Again, we have the same concerns we’ve had with previous reports of another – of the other ship.) state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2014/06/227375.htm#IRAQ2 - Iran speeded up the execution of Kurds sentenced in their prisons. - The long awaited process of peace between Turkey and its Kurdish population has been pressured with provocations by Kurdish terrorist group PKK and other seculars that are against this peace process. bit.ly/1hLfGDs | bit.ly/1ij5IUz - ISIL captured the 2nd biggest city of Iraq Mosul and also Tikrit without any resistance from the Iraqi military.They also raided the Turkish consulate in Mosul and kidnapped around 50 people from there including diplomats. bit.ly/1oeN9ZK | bit.ly/1oeNgEy | bit.ly/UumH19
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