A scary moment yesterday when a couple of US Marines on shore leave were attacked by a group of Turkish leftists in the street.
Two U.S. Marines from the USS Wasp were attacked Monday during a port visit in Izmir, Turkey, according to a Navy spokesperson. Video of the apparent incident shows a group of men forcing a bag over the head of one of the Marines as they restrain him, chanting “Yankee go home.”…
The Marines, part of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, were “on liberty” at the time of the incident and taken to a local hospital for evaluation as a precaution, said U.S. Navy Cmdr. Timothy Gorman, U.S. Sixth Fleet spokesperson. The Marines returned to their ship later Monday.
The anti-American group behind this is called the Türkiye Gençlik Birliği or Turkish Youth Union. According to Wikipedia, they are an “Islamic communist revolutionary youth organization closely…
