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Turkish army claims Syrian missile exploded near Turkey
| That's like saying Hek threw a grenade near a target ... |
ANKARA: Objects found in a field near Turkey's border with Syria shortly after an explosion was heard in the sky may have come from a Syrian missile, the Turkish military said on Saturday. The general staff said in a statement that paramilitary troops were alerted by villagers in the Golbasi and Mahmutlu villages in the southern province of Hatay that objects had rained down on their fields on Friday after an aerial explosion. The incident caused no injuries or material damage, it added. "An investigation by military units in the region assessed that the parts in question could possibly belong to a missile originating from Syria," the statement said. It was not immediately confirmed that the incident was due to a Syrian missile, or, if it was, why it would have been fired in such a way as to come down in Turkey.
Posted by: Fred 2005-05-29 |
