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The Israeli Lobby appeals before the US Congress to stop the Ergenekon trial in Turkey
Samedi, 5 décembre 2009 - 15h22
Saturday 5 December 2009
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The investigation into the illegal network known as Ergenekon, which was plotting to overthrow the Erdogan Government and replace it by a pro-U.S. military dictatorship, revealed that this terrorist organisation was a remodeled version of the Turkish Gladio. However, Ergenekon didn’t receive orders only from NATO; it allegedly also maintained close ties with the Mossad through Rabbi Tuncay Guney.
It shouldn’t be surprising, therefore, that on 18 November 2009 a seminar was held at the U.S. Congress to deny the existence of Ergenekon, putting it down as a myth invented by the Erdogan Government to discredit Army Chief of Staff, General Mehmet Yaşar Büyükanıt, and the U.S.-friendly officers in his entourage, in the hope of imposing an Islamic state.
The participants stressed that the United States should intervene urgently to stop the trial, but should not do so openly since it would feed into the “conspiracy theories” purporting that NATO has set up a “Deep State” in Turkey which has manipulated or attempted to manipulate public institutions for decades.
The seminar was organised by the ARI Foundation, a low-profile think-tank bent on promoting relations between Washington and Ankara. Actually, ARI is a front for the Atlanticist-Israeli lobby. In accordance with Robert Strausz-Hupé’s policies, ARI is promoting a Tel-Aviv-Ankara axis under NATO auspices for the control of the Middle East.
The ARI Foundation was created in Washington in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks. For the past two years, it has published a political policy review, Turkish Policy Quarterly. It enjoys close ties with AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs). Its chairman, Yurter Ozcan, is on WINEP’s payroll (Washington Institute for Near East Policy).
Antony Blinken, National Security Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden, figures among ARI’s most active members.
