Ooops, there goes Turkey

The head of Turkey's parliamentary human rights group has accused Washington of genocide in Iraq and behaving worse than Adolf Hitler, in remarks that underscore the depth of Turkish opposition to U.S. policy in the region.

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"The occupation has turned into barbarism," the Friday edition of newspaper Yeni Safak quoted Mehmet Elkatmis, head of parliament's human rights commission, as saying. "The U.S. administration is committing genocide … in Iraq.

"Never in human history have such genocide and cruelty been witnessed. Such a genocide was never seen in the time of the pharaohs nor of Hitler nor of [Benito] Mussolini," Italy's World War II-era fascist leader, Elkatmis said.

"This occupation has entirely imperialist aims," he was quoted as saying.

Elkatmis does not speak for Turkey's government but is a prominent member of the ruling Justice and Development Party, a center-right group with Islamist roots.

LA Times article

Somebody's tit will be in a wringer for that bit of truth.

Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul played down Elkatmis' comments but defended Turks' right to speak freely.

Yeah. It's not like they're in the United States.

Elkatmis' comments drew barely a flicker of interest in Turkey, where polls point to growing anti-American sentiment.

There and the rest of the world.