Turkish bases in Iraq

Video

 * Turkey's military base in Mosul

Official statements

 * Prime Minister's Media Office: The Iraqi government calls on Turkey to respect good neighbourly relations and to withdraw immediately from the Iraqi territory - December 3 2015
 * The Turkish military “entered the Iraqi territory without the request or authorization from the Iraqi federal authorities and this is considered a serious breach of Iraqi sovereignty and does not conform with The Iraqi authorities call on Turkey to respect good neighborly relations and to withdraw immediately from the Iraqi territory.”

Analysis

 * Erdogan Launched a Military Invasion of Iraq - Martin Berger, New Eastern Outlook, December 5, 2015
 * Erdogan Moves To Annex Mosul - Moon of Alabama, December 6, 2015
 * Is Erdogan's Mosul Escapade Blackmail For Another Qatar-Turkey Pipeline? - Moon of Alabama, December 7, 2015
 * ''Erdogan visited Qatar on December 1 for two days and the two countries signed a number of "strategic agreements". The Turkish troops moved to Mosul on December 4 and 5. This makes the pipeline extortion that Turkey is said to try with Iraq at least plausible.
 * What is the US cooking up for Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and Iran? "Divide and conquer" on a whole new level - Svyatoslav Knyazev, PolitRussia, December 7, 2015
 * Baghdad Issues Ultimatum After Turkish Army Moves Into Iraq Uninvited - Paul Kaiser, Russia Insider, December 7, 2015
 * Turkish forces in Iraq to impose: The Gas versus the water - Elijah J. Magnier, December 8, 2015 (in Arabic)
 * ''The size of the Turkish force that penetrated in Iraq goes beyond any training or protection level. It is composed of a brigade of special units of around 1300 men, an artillery regiment and two squadrons of helicopters based in Ba’shiqa. The intent of the Turkish troops is unknown. This force positioned itself on a demarcation front with “ISIS” without revealing its objective to Iraq. Is it to protect the oil tankers line coming form Syria and Iraq as Russia can’t hit the convoy in Iraq? Is it to support ISIS or to blackmail Iraq?
 * What is Erdogan's Game in Syria and Iraq? - Pepe Escobar, Sputnik, December 7, 2015