Erdogan is now claiming that the US and Israel are mounting a rescue mission for Christian Pastor Andrew Brunson and are already in his neighborhood.
Via Israel National News:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Turkey’s Star that CIA and Mossad agents are planning to rescue a pastor Andrew Brunson.
According to the report, agents are already in Brunson’s neighborhood.
Brunson has been held in Turkey for nearly two years. He is currently under house arrest and must wear an electronic tracking device at all times.
I’ve was having trouble validating this report, but it turns out to be true, that this is what Erdogan said:
The neighbourhood where American citizen Pastor Andrew Brunson was kept under house arrest in #Turkey was being crawled by #Mossad & #CIA agents, claims the headline of a daily run from #Erdogan's office. Measures taken against Brunson's possible extraction, it adds. #Paranoia pic.twitter.com/4g1KSZjLlP
— Abdullah Bozkurt (@abdbozkurt) August 7, 2018
I could only hope that this were reporting from Erdogan were actually true, but I think Bozkurt is right. This is nothing more than the paranoia of a megalomaniac dictator.
And as the Turkish newspaper points out, they are taking measures against the possible extraction of Brunson. LOL, I’m sure they are. After all, he’s their only serious leverage to get Gulen back, at least in their minds.