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Turkey to sue Israel over nixed defense deal?
Aviel Magnezi
Published: 22.02.12, 20:46
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31. The facts
ibrahim ,   TUrkey   (02.23.12)
Israel has breached the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Turkey is seeking recovery of the deposit it has paid to date and compensation for the delay caused in procuring the surveilance equipment. Italy and Turkey's ASELSAN have agreed to supply an alternative system to the Turkish Air Force but it will take 2 years from the date of contract. The matter will have implications on Israel's relations with the World Trade Organisation. Israel did not declare war on Turkey nor did Turkey declare war on Israel hence Turkey could not be declared a beligerent nation by Israel and hence justify Israel's cancellation of the contract.
32. Money is no object! DO NOT HELP ENEMIES!
(02.23.12)
33. Hatred clouds minds of Israel enemies
(02.23.12)
Some claim they not care, but don't forget there are many reasons Turkey is frustrated, among them it's new inability to reverse-engineer on Israeli capabilities and pass it on to its new jihadist masters. Now turkey will have to use either inferior, more expensive and irrelevant technology to its Israel-spying needs. So let them buy German, Russian, whatever stuff they need. It will never have the value they're really after, and that's good for Israel.
34. Warped Jihadist
(02.23.12)
Only a warped jihadist like Erdogan can think that after attacking somebody and gets creamed in return, he can expect the victim of his attacks to pay him damages! No wonder that under Erdogan, Turkey will NEVER be part of the EU, and that Turkey's future in NATO is shaky at best.
35. If you declare war, all agreements are void!
(02.23.12)
Especially military agreements! Erdogan, live with it, or apologize for the official blood libel, diplomatic and military harassment of Israel. Until then, get your stuff from Russia. Israeli weapons and technology will not be used to butcher Kurds anymore!
36. #34
sipahi ,   Istanbul   (02.23.12)
What EU are you talking about? Is there any EU left, I cannot see... NATO? Probably, no other country othe than US has her seat fixed in NATO than Turkey., with its strong army and history.
37. @17
sipahi ,   Istanbul   (02.23.12)
Aye captain! Why does your "little" Sarkozy send a fighter squadron to Cyprus to "liberate" it just he did for Libya? Balls?
38. @35
sipahi ,   Istanbul   (02.23.12)
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Turkey has been "dealing" with Kurdish terrorists since times when you were still slaves. And living in peace with them, again since times when you were slaves.
39. Future NATO: Islamist Turkey OUT, DEMOCRATIZED Russia in?
Jerry ,   The Netherlands   (02.23.12)
40. #26
A.   (02.23.12)
1- Read the article, Israel received the money for this deal and after that cancelled this deal itself. What do you call this other than theft? 2- Learn to spell in English. 3- Talking about sensitivity, when will the Greek state return the property of Wetern Thrace Turks? Greek state used the "Article 19" to declare over 40,000 Western Thrace Turks "stateless" and then stole their property. This is called ethnic cleansing as the Amnesty International and HRW put it. 4- Your country is a corrupt joke. Why don't you teach your people honesty, tax collection, independence? Throughout history, Greece relied on other powers, now are you hoping to get protection by Israel? Why don't you try to become a decent and independence state?
41. #27 Don't worry...
A.   (02.23.12)
Don't worry, Kurds already armed themselves, espeacially the IHH Kurds. IHH is a Kurdish organization. Kurds are the largest group of Erdogan supporters. It's very funny to see comments like yours.
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