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U.S. Says Turkish Shelling 'Appropriate, Proportional'
[An Nahar] The United States said Thursday Turkey had taken "appropriate" and "proportional" action in firing back at Syria after a deadly cross-border shelling, but urged that tensions should not escalate."From our perspective, the response that Turkey made was appropriate," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said, adding Ankara had long made it clear that it would respond to any violation of its territory. "It also was designed to strengthen the deterrent effect, so that these kinds of things don't happen again, and it was proportional." Turkish artillery Thursday hit targets inside Syria in retaliation for Wednesday's shelling that killed five Turkish nationals. Turkey said Syria apologized and vowed the incident would not happen again. "We hope this doesn't escalate into a broader conflict, we hope that the situation de-escalates," Pentagon front man George Little told news hounds. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-05 |
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