Fatal blasts in Ankara may be false-flag attack: Analyst
Press TV has interviewed Steven Kelley, a former CIA/NSA contractor in Los Angeles, to discuss the twin bomb blasts in Ankara that killed at least 85 people.
What follows is a rough transcription of the interview.
Press TV: We just spoke to our correspondent roughly an hour ago who said that the PKK or the Turkish extremists, perhaps, might be responsible for this saying that they can strike Turkey at anytime, anyplace. The government at this point, do you think, have they gone to the point of no return when it comes to the Kurdish issue?
Kelley: It really remains to be seen who makes the most noise at this point; who claims responsibility. I personally would hesitate to think that this was the PKK. I suspect this is more likely a false-flag event.
Press TV: And are we looking at any possibilities of the elections playing as a reason for this incident to happen at this juncture in time - the elections are roughly three weeks away?
Kelley: Certainly that would have an effect on that, but again it remains to be seen which figures make the most noise and what they are saying before we can really see who is benefiting from this the most and what possible motives would have been to have done this act.
Press TV: We are seeing that Turkish security has deteriorated over the months and we can even talk about years at this point because mainly from the situation in Syria, but now because the Turkish government is targeting the Kurdish militants from the PKK; do you think that calls from the people are going to be listened to by the government because at this point this is pretty heavy and this is right in the heart of Ankara, at a train station?
Kelley: This is certainly a tragic event and the fact that these were people demonstrating for peace is really curious and would seem to really confuse the issue here that who is responsible.
As far as the Turkish government is concerned, obviously they do not have much love for the Kurds, but at the same time I do not see them benefiting from this happening. At the same time I do not see the Turkish movement benefiting from this either. So this seems to be more like something on the outside.
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