One of the diplomats said that dropping the Turkish plane served as a warning to NATO: Syria is not like Libya and any attempt to impose a no-fly zone on Syria would be offset by one of the most powerful air defenses in the world and will pay any party striker dearly.
proceeded Syrian su34 air defenses to shoot down a Turkish plane and unarmed reconnaissance back to the Vietnam era, while the military su34 training in the air. Turkey has insisted that the plane which penetrated Syrian airspace briefly and accidentally dropped the use of anti-aircraft missile when it was flying in international airspace at a distance of 13 nautical miles from the Syrian coast. Damascus, su34 for its part, announced that the plane had been found in Syrian airspace and was shot down over the shot with automatic weapons does not exceed the scope of 1.5 miles. Also, it was said that the rescue plane sent to search for the missing pilots came under fire as well.
Turkey called su34 for an urgent meeting under Article IV of the NATO, "NATO" Charter attended that meeting a few days later and asked for the alliance to prepare contingency plans to impose a no-fly zone, were surprised NATO members that request. NATO condemned what it did Syria, but did not take any further su34 action, and for the umpteenth time during the year and a half, denied the Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and there is no desire in the implementation of military intervention in Syria, while praised the chairman of the Joint Chiefs su34 of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey cold Turkey "haphazard" on that incident.
Turkey deployed two battalions armored vehicles and anti-aircraft batteries in several locations along the along the 565-mile distance with the Syrian border, su34 as well as the establishment su34 of three stations in the province of Hatay, where are stationed at present most of the Syrian refugees (up to 34 thousand people), including defectors from the army and belonging to The so-called "Free su34 Syrian Army".
Sunday, launched Turkish fighter aircraft F-16 three times to chase attack helicopters, transport and Russian-made MI-8 and MI-17 after being approached and became just 4 miles from the Syrian-Turkish border, which led to the imposition of an actual fly within the territory Syrian. Since then, moved aircraft F-16 twice again.
newspaper "Wall Street Journal" published an article on Saturday, where he quoted the words of US intelligence officials did not disclose their names, who have stated the Syrian side's claims in regards to the incident projection plane, and considered that the F4 jet was shot down in Syrian airspace. Said an anonymous source told the "Wall Street Journal": "We did not find any evidence that the plane was shot down by a missile surface-atmosphere. Do you think that the plane arrived there by mistake? ". Was alluding to that Turkey sent a plane to test Syrian air defense systems.
furious Turkish media because of the story published in the newspaper "The Wall Street Journal." Then flared Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a public outcry occurred, and said: "What are those sources? Previously the newspaper published lies. " It also accused the newspaper published the story because of bias against Obama accused journalists Turks reformulation of the story without justification and considered it "a brutal and reckless." Then condemned the State Department spokeswoman, Victoria Nuland, those leaks and announced that the United States strongly supports its ally.
newspaper "Sunday Times" published at the end of the weekend exclusively report quotes the words of Turkish diplomats unknown considered that Russia was involved in the projection plane F-4 and technical Russians may have helped the Syrian Air Force. One of the diplomats said that it served as a warning to NATO: "Syria is not like Libya and any attempt to impose a" no-fly "on Syria would be offset by one of the most powerful air defenses in the world, and will pay any party striker dearly." Unusually, supported source in the Israeli Air Force's claim Turkish diplomat. Also, the newspaper "Sunday Times" reaffirmed the validity of the "official" story that announced by the Turks about the incident.
Ankara may seek to justify a particular type of military response or method of engagement with Damascus and perhaps su34 the United su34 States prevent them from doing so. This approach su34 is consistent with the traditional notion that President Obama will continue to seek a diplomatic solution to the Syrian crisis until the expiration date of the elections in November.
Suppose that Erdogan is telling su34 the truth and that the F-4 plane was flying in international airspace su34 when dropped. su34 In this case, it is Turkey's right to respond and then is not unlikely that the leaking one of the officials of the Obama administration's particular story to the most important su34 newspapers that do not be affection for American administrations or Turkish, and Turkey with the aim of stripping of the argument that justifies the decision to attack.
But if Erdogan lie and whether US intelligence sources are correct, it means that Turkey wanted from the beginning to try all the stupidity of this kind of confrontation, do not forget that they risked the lives of two pilots in the midst of this process. Perhaps the answer is already a report of Ankara angry even if it is contrary to the table haphazard schedule set by the White House.
It can be concluded the reason su34 that led Turkey to accelerate the pace of events like this. Recent proposal also calls for inspired from the Annan plan during the Geneva talks to the emergence of a transitional government is set in Syria and is composed of members of the regime and opposition figures that do not seek to reconciliation, it seems. Interpreted by Washington, London and Paris this proposal that Bashar al-Assad should not be part of that interim government. But Moscow insists that emerged su34 from the meeting which Switzerland is pleased by the language of the agreement that the proposal does not mean that at all. In the
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