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US slaps sanctions on NATO ally Turkey over Russian air defence system The US has issued sanctions against Turkey following the NATO ally’s purchase and testing of a Russian defence system December 15, 2020 at 1:40 pm The United States has imposed sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of the Russian S-400 air defence system, following a gradual deterioration in relations between the two NATO allies. The sanctions cover those on Turkey's Presidency of Defence Industries, its chief Ismail Demir, the nation's military procurement agency, as well as three other senior officials. The measu...

Allies are being attacked and decimated as they are, and we know that isis prisoners are now -- 785 out of 12000 isis jihadis in the region, that's an issue, too. two they have fake u.s. passports to make with a stay in the north eastern part of the country and wreak havoc? will turkey face incursions from isis and other rebels, as well? >> katie: your thoughts? >> jeanne: one thing this really does underscore is that for those people who think the president does not have -- that he's not committed to an ideology, he absolutely is. he has been committed from the time of the election to make am...

Of the great kaecompanies that e extremely complex equipment. we're letting them sell to huawei. >> and then on turkey, sir. will turkey face sanctions if it goes ahead with the s-40 purchases? >> so turkey is an interesting case. there's another one, jim, i get along well with and he's a tough cookie. president erdogan. he's tough, but i get along with him. maybe that's a bad thing, but i think it's a really good thing because frankly he wanted to wipeout -- he has a big problem with the kurds as everyone knows. and he had a 65,000-man army at the border and he was going to wipeout the kurds ...

In silicon valley and based in different parts of the country that make extremely complex equipment. we're letting them sell. >> on turkey. will turkey face sanctions if it goes ahead with the 400 purchases? >> turkey is interesting. there's another one that i get along with well. he's a tough cookie. he's tough. i get along with him. maybe that's a bad thing. i think it's a good thing. he wanted to wipe out -- he has a big problem with the curds. and he had a 65,000 man army. at the border. and he was going to wipe out the curds who helped us with isis. we have 100% of the cal fate. i called ...

The syrians and the iranians and the turks all talking about what they're going to do next and we'll be left out of that. will turkey, a nato ally, go into northern syria and then ask for nato support? don't know. this is going to continue for a while in syria. >> general hertling, bob baer, thank you, as always. and coming up next, with the tenth anniversary of saddam hussein's execution fast approaching, new details of what u.s. intelligence learned from him just before he was hanged, as you'll see after the break, they come from the cia analyst who grilled him. we've all been here. and he...