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Ilhan Omar was only Dem to vote against sanctions on Turkey. She abstained on a vote recognising the Armenian genocide.

Last month, She got $1,500 from an official in a pro-Erdogan Turkish-American group which campaigns against recognising the genocide. nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/erdo…
Story was first reported in Right-wing outlets that have long gunned for Omar. But I checked the records and it's true.

The donation came from Halil Mutlu, board member of @ourtasc. The group has rabidly supported Erdogan's anti-Gulen campaign in the US. docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/fecimg…
@ourtasc Omar laid out her reasons for these votes here: omar.house.gov/media/press-re…

But there seems to be a pattern of mutual support between her and Erdogan's allies.
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Raf Sanchez
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Trump keeps talking about "securing the oil" in Syria. Behind that phrase is two ideas:

1. A not very strategic but understandable US plan to deny the oil to both Assad and ISIS.

2. Trump's insane fantasy that the US can take the oil for itself. telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/10/2…
The oil would be a big prize for either ISIS or Assad.

ISIS once made $40m/month from oil and the money could help fund the jihadists' resurgence. Assad could use the money to rebuild his shattered state and ease his own dependence on smuggled Iranianian oil.
So you can see why the US would want to keep it out of their hands.

Denying it to ISIS would be in service of the strategic goal of keeping the jihadists down. Denying it to Assad makes less sense strategically but I guess gives the US a little leverage.
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Raf Sanchez
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BREAKING: The Syrian Democratic Forces officially confirm they are letting Assad's troops into their territory in a bid to stop the Turkish onslaught.
SDF: "To protect the country's borders and preserve Syrian sovereignty the Syrian army will enter and deploy along the Syrian-Turkish border to support the SDF to repel this aggression and liberate the areas entered by the Turkish army and its hired mercenaries."
We don't know exactly where Assad will take over. And we don't know if this will bring an immediate halt to the Turkish offensive.

But we do know this is a death knell for Kurdish hopes of maintaining autonomy from Assad in their semi-state in northeast Syria.
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It's very early and the situation is very fluid.

But it may be that we see a fullscale Kurdish surrender to the Assad regime tonight. Abandoned by the US, it looks like SDF will try to spare their cities from Turkish onslaught by allowing Syrian forces to take them over.
There are widespread reports that the Kurds are allowing Assad regime troops to take control of Kobani, Qamishli, Manbij, and other key cities.

The deal was apparently brokered in a meeting with Russian commanders earlier.
If it's true (again it's unconfirmed) it is desperately sad news.

The Kurdish experiment in autonomy in NE Syria was not perfect. But for many it was a hopeful spot of freedom in a region full of horror and tyranny.
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Turkey confirms it will stop shooting if the #YPG surrenders

And apparently that's a ceasefire
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@realDonaldTrump please consider

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Turkey is committing numerous war crimes
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We are complicit now
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The Kurds are an ally against ISIS
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Turkey could have invoked Art. 5 of the NATO Treaty saying all members must respond to an attack on one
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They have gotten NATO collective defense help previously
due to problems w/ Syria
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