Turkey Warns Syria of Further Action After Downing Warplane -- Bloomberg Businesweek
Turkey told Syria that it was ready to act again in defense of its borders and warplanes after the shooting down of a warplane said to have flown into its territory.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said today that the incursion should not be repeated, as the military justified yesterday’s action by Turkish combat aircraft against a Syrian MiG-23 that had ignored four warnings and briefly penetrated 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) into Turkish airspace, according to a statement. A Syrian SA-5 surface-to-air missile system locked onto a Turkish F-16 for more than four minutes during a border patrol yesterday, the military said, without elaborating.
Davutoglu said there was ample evidence to justify Turkish action and that the decision had brought an expression of solidarity from its allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which has missile batteries in the border area.
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My Comment: As threats between Syria and Turkey increases .... the fighting near the border between Syrian rebels and the Syrian military is escalating.
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