US shifts drones from Iraq to Turkey: Pentagon
AFP
Monday, November 14, 2011
Translation by Autumnson Blog
The United States has deployed Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq for surveillance flights
美國已經部署“捕食者”無人機從伊拉克往土耳其作偵察飛行
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States has deployed Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq for surveillance flights in support of Ankara's fight against Kurdish rebels, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday.
（華盛頓訊） - 美國已經部署“捕食者”無人機從伊拉克往土耳其作偵察飛行，以支持安卡拉對庫爾德叛亂分子的戰鬥，五角大樓發言人在星期一說。
With US forces withdrawing from Iraq by the end of the year, the four American unmanned aircraft will be shifted from an air field in northern Iraq to the Incirlik air base in Turkey, Captain John Kirby told reporters.
隨著年底時美國會從伊拉克撤軍，四架美國無人駕駛飛機將從伊拉克北部的一個機場，轉移往土耳其的因吉爾利克空軍基地，上尉約翰柯比告訴記者。
"There is an agreement now to fly some of those ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) assets out of Incirlik at the request of the Turkish government," Kirby said.
“現在有一項協議將一部份那些 ISR（情報、監視和偵察）資產飛出因斯里克，在土耳其政府的請求下，”科比說。
The robotic drones, which are unarmed, had been moved to Incirlik in the last couple of weeks, he said.
機械人般的無人駕駛飛機是沒配備武器的，已在過去幾週被移往因斯里克，他說。
"It's my understanding they are operating out of Incirlik now," he said.
“這是我的理解它們現已在因吉爾利克外行動，”他說。
Violence between rebels from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Turkish army has escalated since the summer, with Turkey launching a major operation last month in retaliation for a PKK attack that killed 24 soldiers.
Turkey had acknowledged talks with the Pentagon on redeploying the unmanned aircraft to Incirlik.
The mission for the drones would remain the same, with only a change in the air field used by the planes, Kirby said.
"This is to help provide ISR support to the Turkish military to deal with the specific threat posed by the PKK on their southern border."
In another step designed to bolster the Turkish military in its battle with the PKK, the Pentagon announced last month plans to sell three AH-1 Super Cobra helicopters to Ankara in a deal worth $111 million.
The PKK, listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey and much of the international community, took up arms for Kurdish independence in southeastern Turkey in 1984, sparking a conflict that has claimed about 45,000 lives.
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