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[Viewpoint]

the have a plane with bombs on it does it mean they will drop them? you are being real silly now, to think of it you are always silly.

[kimon07]

the have a plane with bombs on .......

Cameras: It was an RF-4 (Reconnaissance/Photographic) to take photos and electronic signatures of the A/A defence systems of Syria. You think the Russians who operate them and the S-300s would let them?

[supporttheunderdog]

If it comes to light that Turkish planes were in the wrong place just like the Solomou person trying to rip down the flag, at the wrong time then Syria had every right to take action.

How many guided missiles did Solomou have up his jumper?

Who knows what he was but he could have ripped the flag down and then killed someone, we will never know.

yes and you might kill some one too - what a patyhetic argument that is - murdering something for what he just might do - equally likely he would have danced around a bit and headed off back home withis trophy, but no, under the circumstances where he was not at that time any sort threat to anyone he was murdered.

Sending a war plane into some one elses territory is a lot more serious and clearly officially provocative.

[Cap]

They send terrorists to Israel, the Israeli's massacre them.
They send warplanes to Syria, the Syrians shoot them down.

What's next?

[B25]

They send terrorists to Israel, the Israeli's massacre them.
They send warplanes to Syria, the Syrians shoot them down.

What's next?

They send both to Cyprus and the Cypriots shit themselves.

[GreekIslandGirl]

Fuller picture emerging. Turkey not so innocent after all ...

The warplane reached Syrian airspace from the west after it had been flying near the occupied area of Cyprus.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18561219

Erdogan: "Turkey will present its final stance after the incident has been fully brought to light and decisively take the necessary steps."

Lack of international support is making the belligerent Turks backtrack from their earlier posturing:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18562210

Gul: "It is routine for jet fighters to sometimes fly in and out over [national] borders... when you consider their speed over the sea,"...

Turks caught lying again:

... revealed that Ankara had been in contact with Damascus despite both countries declaring each other's diplomats unwelcome earlier this year.

[GreekIslandGirl]

Anyway, it's high time Hatay (Alexandretta) was given back to the Syrians to avoid further diffusion potentials over borders ...

[kimon07]

Ankara tries to manage crisis with Syria over plane
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ankara ... sCatID=338

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

Murat Yetkin [email protected]

Ankara has been trying to resolve the crisis which was started by the shooting down of a Turkish F-4 reconnaissance jet by Syrian air defense in Syrian air space over the Mediterranean on June 22.

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The Turkish reconnaissance plane, which took off from Malatya air base (where recently a NATO radar was based as a part of the Missile Shield System), seemed to be on an intelligence mission in the east Mediterranean. President Abdullah Gül on June 23 said the Turkish plane might have violated Syrian air space by mistake because of its high speed.

That is why Turkey is trying not to escalate the scandal by making a statement blaming Syria and not immediately calling NATO for joint action.

[kimon07]

Ankara tries to manage crisis with Syria over plane
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ankara ... sCatID=338

ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News

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The Turkish reconnaissance plane, which took off from Malatya air base (where recently a NATO radar was based as a part of the Missile Shield System), seemed to be on an intelligence mission in the east Mediterranean.....

According to Greek defence sites, this plane, together with a second one of the same type, 30 minutes before entering the air space of Syria were spotted by CY radars flying over the CY territorial waters in the North, trying to collect information about a CY National Guard exercise.

[kimon07]

Newly-supplied Russian Buk-M2 anti-air missile used to down Turkish warplane
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report June 23, 2012, 12:55 PM (GMT+02:00)
http://www.debka.com/

Syria Friday shot down the Turkish Super Phantom jet with the sophisticated self-propelled medium range anti-air Buk-M2 missiles (NATO codenamed SA-11) recently supplied by Russia. Short of time to master the advanced SA-11, the Syrian crews would have called on their Russian instructors to help fire it. DEBKAfile: Moscow and Damascus may have decided to stop the almost daily Turkish air force flights over the Syrian coast for spying on Russian arms deliveries through the Russian bases of Tartus and Latakia.