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| The Grand Turk | |
| Turkey holds trucks taking suspect Iranian cargo to Syria | |
| 2012-01-21 | |
| Turkish customs officials intercepted four trucks on Tuesday suspected of carrying military equipment from Iran to Syria, a Turkish provincial governor. The governor of Kilis province said the trucks were confiscated at the Oncupinar border crossing into Syria after police received information about their cargo, according to Dogan news agency. "The four trucks were confiscated by customs. They are alleged to be carrying military equipment," Governor Yusuf Odabas said. He said experts were being sent from Ankara to examine the cargo.
Turkey abandoned its past friendship with Assad to side with protesters, and has set up camps on its southeast border to host thousands of refugees who have fled the violence in their homeland. | |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 I try to remain positive, but the day-to-day strategic intentions of the leadership in Turkey always keep me guessingÂ…Therefore, IÂ’ll go with my gut, WRONG! |
| Posted by: Bugs Glomoque3110 2012-01-21 22:04 |
| #1 JPost says: Four trucks with Iranian license plates that were stopped two weeks ago in southern Turkey on the border with Syria were found to be carrying raw materials for making ballistic missiles and chemical weapons, Turkish daily Taraf reported Friday, after Iran denied that the trucks were transporting weapons material to Sryia. While Turkish officials did not publicize the contents of the cargo in the Iranian trucks, Taraf reported that one truck was carrying for six-meter-long cylindrical tanks and heat-resistant materials, while the other three vehicles were transporting 66 tons of sodium sulfate, which can be used to make chemical weapons. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-01-21 15:21 |