NATO's purulent, poisonous wound in its south-eastern flank

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Skybird

What the BBS article does not mention is that before the French-Turkish standoff, the Turks already had bullied away an inspection unit by some other NATO member, I read it two days ago, I forgot which country it was.

I just read that before the French tried to stop and control the freighter, not one but two earlier control attempts by a Greek and later by an Italian warship were prevented by the Turks.



The freighter had been used for weapon smuggling before, so much is known apparently.