According to unnamed US officials, it was American intelligence agencies that were behind Turkey’s decision to force down a Syrian passenger plane last week, to follow up on US suspicions that the plane had Russian military hardware aboard.
Turkish officials made unspecified claims of the search turning up “objectionable” material, but Russian officials insist all that was on board were “dual use” radar parts, which are not banned from being on civilian aircraft. The US State Department condemned Russia for pointing this out.
This “tip” and the subsequent deleterious effect it has had on Russo-Turkish relations is part of what Obama Administration officials call growing military ties with Turkey as the Syrian Civil War continues to worsen.
Of course, Turkey was already one of the largest military powers in NATO, and so had a pretty close relationship with the US as it is, but officials now concede that they have been talking with Turkey about the idea of attacking Syria to impose a “no-fly zone.” No decision has been made, and such a move would be an act of war, one likely to spark a major reaction from Russia and China, two close allies of Syria.
"…and such a move would be an act of war…"
I could be mistaken, but isn't Turkey's harboring and supporting the rebels an act of war?
Yes, turkey, by giving safe harbor to al Qaeda terrorists m in and out of Syria to commit acts of terror, is violating international law and also is on the wrong side of GWB's famous "your either with us or the terrorists" motto. But then again, we it seems are with the terrorists too
It had america`s footprints all over it trying to get tha fool edorgan involved in Syria`s civil war that it started one year ago for the sake of the zionist regime in occupied palestine,and that dunce edorgan is willing to put his country and its people in harm`s way for the wretched yankees,and he at best will end up like Gadaffi.
Here we are trying to decide whether Obama is the "lesser of two evils" and maybe he is, but he must be called to account and pressured by the public to change course in the Middle East, as we all expected after his Cairo speech in 2009. Our activities vis a vis Syria have been criminal and an embarrassment for our nation, and the blowback will be long lasting. Unfortunately, it is part of a much larger US-NATO agenda that had been planned for a long time and it will not be easily changed without demonstrations in the U.S. and Europe, and this will be a tough process given the Cointel FUSION program that is now in place- a program that is an outrage and must be challenged in Court and in the Congress.
obama poking his finger in Putin's eye
Such hypocrisy. Russians supplying Syria = BAD, Americans supplying murderous foreign "rebels" = RIGHTEOUS. I'm certain that the Iranians haven't forgotten how they provided Saddam Hussein chemicals and other "support" during the Iraq/Iran war which they hadn't started. If there is a lesson to be learned for any nation it's this: Never trust a Yankee FedGov lizard bearing gifts.
But now we discover
"The Turkish authorities recognize the legitimacy of the cargo seized from a Moscow-Damascus passenger plane"
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news/143993/turkey-a…
There is no Syrian civil war. Syria is being invaded by foreign terrorists, aided and supported by the New World Order crowd. Turkey is a "front-line" state in that war effort, harboring terrorists, hosting the terrorist leaders, lobbing bombs into Syria, harassing civilian aircraft headed for Syria, and threatening to launch a full-scale military invasion. It is a disgusting show of arrogance and abuse of power.