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Turkish jet shot down by Syria?
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Published: 22.06.12, 19:03
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1. Should read Turkish Spy Plane Shutdown
Paco ,   Canada   (06.22.12)
by Syrian air defense in Syrian Territory
2. Who Was Flying Tbe Plane?
(06.22.12)
Davloudoodoo or erDOGan? They should be ok I hear Shit floats in sea water? שבת שלום/ברוך שם הא
3. Come on Turkey say the Israeli air force
Dyslexic...... ,   Israel...   (06.22.12)
shoot your fighter jet down.I think your pilots are not that good,if you would have been a good friend we would have taught you guys how to fly a fighter plane, next time.
4. Bravo Syria !
Iranian Hunter   (06.22.12)
I support this kind of actions. Keep it up.
5. Erdogan screams
steve from raleigh   (06.22.12)
Act of war by the Zionists!!!! We demand reparations......uh oh wait, it wasn't the Jews? Never mind.
6. US
Charles   (06.22.12)
Let me see... If Syria really did shoot down a Turkish plane and kill the pilots onboard.... does this change the dynamics.. and will the Turkish Tiger take on Assad properly... or.. just continue to turn a blind eye to the masssacres on its border.. and focus on some nonesense like the FLOTILLA mmm... let me see : 10-20,000 killed, 1 million displaced and missing.. by Assad a Shitte muslim neighbour.. Or Flotilla..mmm Antisemitic or dumb... lets see what happens
7. most intriguing...
(06.22.12)
aren't the Turks and the Syrians friends? weren't they going to have a joint military exercise? what's this all about?
8. Bush couldn't do on 9/11 for US what Assad can does now?
Miron ,   USA   (06.22.12)
9. So much for the vaulted Turkish Air Force
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (06.22.12)
The last IDF aircraft shot down by Syrian Air Defense system was 1973. Doesn't bode too well for the ability of the 'great' Turkey Air Farce. Guess that makes it officially a Turkey Shoot.
10. it's gotta be israel's fault
rick ,   north carolina, usa   (06.22.12)
That's a copy and paste straight from Eddy's playbook
11. What a Joke.I am VERY suprised they didnt blame Israel
Alan ,   SA   (06.22.12)
12. Syria sent its condolence for missing Airplane
Tayfun_Turkey ,   Istanbul   (06.22.12)
Syria is our friend and Israel is our foe Never forget!
13. Great job Syria! Turkey has always been against the Arabs!
christian arab ,   nyc   (06.22.12)
14. It looks like the Syrian found
Syria Eagle ,   homs   (06.22.12)
the achille's tendon in ameican made airforce planes and about to shoot them down easily if they try funny things This will go as a warning for all those who use such planes
15. #9 Gee
David N. ,   Haifa, ISRAEL   (06.22.12)
Vaunted, not vaulted. But anyway one incident doesn't suggest much in general about the whole Turkish air force. After all, they had some good teaching from both our IAF guys and the USAF.
16. I totally agree with #4 (BRAVO SYRIA)
david ,   herzliya, Israel   (06.22.12)
What was the Turkish fighter plane doing in Syrian territory? What the Syrians did is just customary reaction. The Turks should apologize for violating Syria's sovereignty and airspace.
17. X-TRA, X-TRA!
Joseph   (06.22.12)
Mavi-Marmara due to sail for rescue purposes!
18. Congratulations to Syria
Khaleed ,   Damascus   (06.22.12)
Congratulations to Syria for shooting US-NATO stooge Turkey plane down ! Cowards USA, NATO & Turkey afraid to face Syria, so claim its an "accident" but it the missile hit was seen & confirmed by many witnesses. Fantastic work, long live Assad & Syria !
19. It is in the interest of Iran to have Turkey fights Syria
Iranian Hunter   (06.22.12)
Oil price go way up, more chaos will leads to less power to monitor their nuclear activity, which leads to mass boost to their nuclear project. Israel is on a very tough ride, it will be attacked in the south, north, east side. South = Egypt, hamas, MB North = Lebanon (Iran) East = Terrorist. Be prepared for MB overthrowing Jordan. If Turkey is smart, they will not be dragged to war, but silly me, we are talking about Erdogan here. If Turkey is dumb, they will be dragged because it is in their interest to have Israel destroyed.
20. #12 Hey baby ayatollah
Iranian Hunter   (06.22.12)
Remember that it is in the interest of Turkey to expand it's border. Get it ? If you are dreaming that the followers of those who behead Hussein will be ally with those who loves Hussein. You're dreaming baby ayatollah. ;) But i agree, Don't do it Turkey ! Don't attack Syria ! You will be dragged into war. Remember, Syrians are not jews err i mean zionist, so they must be good. Mind games. I am ready anytime baby ayatollah. I bet your name has Ali in it somewhere.
21. Syria vs Turkey vs Israel, Who Wins?
Noah Lev ,   LosAngelesUSA   (06.22.12)
Decades ago, there was a US movie with kirk Douglas. The aircraft carrier goes back in time...and it's jet fighters are prepared to change history by knocking down all of the Japese planes over Hawaii. It never happened. Syrian flies a Mig 21 to Jordan and shoots down a Turkish jet. Turkey part of NATO. (Where was the cover?). And both countries threaten Israel, which flies 700 state of the art planes ( F15Is, F16Is, Phantom 2,000)? I can envision it now, an IAI F-16 vs Syrian Mig 21. Turkey will most likely blame Israel. That Syrian pilot will tell the world that Israel was guiding the plane into Jordan. Hillary will seek peace between all..while claiming that Iran wants a war. to galvanize it's people. She seems to have forgotten the 20m who protested the regime, and who were brutally suppressed, many now still in jail, tortured daily to admit outside forces. Everything is upside down guys.
22. the Ottoman Empire is Dead; Long Live the Ottoman Empire
Essie HaKohane ,   Florida, USA   (06.22.12)
Turkey is chomping at the bits to regain the "glory" of the caliphate. Blame Syria--anything for territorial expansion. Let Erdogan meet with his "War" ministers. This man is a menace to the region, a danger to peace and ultimately to democracy. Keep this barbarian out of the EU.
23. Turkey must apologize to Syria now,
Iranian Hunter   (06.22.12)
Erdogan needs to bring his prayer mat and immediately bows and apologize to Assad. We all know Erdogan won't do anything about that little plane being hit. Simply because it was not the jews err i mean the zionist that did it. So expect Erdogan to ignores it, and keeps focusing on Gaza. again.... BRAVO Syria !
24. Erdogan, what are you gonna do about it ?
Iranian Hunter   (06.22.12)
25. Turkish jet shot down
Danny ,   Chile   (06.22.12)
Syria or Russia military in Syria?????
26. Turkish air force regularly bombs Kurds in other countries.
PETER SM ,   AUSTRALIA   (06.22.12)
Der Spiegel reports that they used mustard gas. Obviuously "Thou shalt not kill "does not apply to Erdogan and other Islamists.
27. tayfun - Syria did not send condolences
David Israel ,   New York, USA   (06.22.12)
PM Erdogan recently landed in Ankara from his trip to Mexico and Brazil. In his first press conference he said that they do not know the facts yet and no apology or condolences were given. He stated that both Turkish and Syrian rescue teams were searching for the pilots that's all. Maybe Syria is Turkey's friend (maybe wants to) But based on Turkish actions we can safely say that Turkey does not consider Syria under Assad a friend. Based on AKP's foreign policy it would be really stupid for any country to consider Turkey a friend because Turkey under AKp has been proving again and again they are not a reliably ally. They change their policies and alliances faster then a chameleon changes her colors.
28. Khaleed # 18
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (06.22.12)
It's not that we are afraid to face Syria, it's that Syria isn't worth the trouble. As far as Assad goes, one dictator is as good as another. You may find that out soon.
29. Tayfun # 12
Eaglebeak ,   Left Coast, USA   (06.22.12)
Yeah, birds of a feather flock together. Won't forget that.
30. err-dog-an will not do anything. Turkey can't beat Syria.
Iranian Hunter   (06.22.12)
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