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| NATO to meet on Syria's downing of Turkish plane |
| 2012-06-24 |
| A spokeswoman says NATO's ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... governing body will meet Tuesday to discuss the Syrian downing of a Turkish plane. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Sunday that a jet was downed in international airspace after it mistakenly entered Syria. Oana Lungescu says the North Atlantic Council will meet in Brussels to hear Turkey's complaint. Turkish officials say the jet was on a training flight Friday when it strayed into Syrian airspace, but was in international airspace when it was shot down. The consultations will focus on Article 4 of NATO's founding Washington Treaty. Lungescu said Sunday that under the article, an ally can request consultations "whenever, in the opinion of any of them, their territorial integrity, political independence or security is threatened." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Turkey claims that, while its plane did momentarily violate Syrian airspace, it was unintentional + that it promptly left Syrian Air-Sea territory after receiving a formal warning from Syria. SYRIA FOR SOME MYSTERIOUS REASON THEN PROCEEDED TO SHOOT IT DOWN ANYWAY, + WIDOUT ANY NEW WARNING(S) TO THE AIRCRAFT, AFTER THE LATTER HAD PROPERLY CROSSED BACK INTO INTERNATIONAL AIRSPACE??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-06-24 22:30 |
| #1 we should give Turkey all the support they showed us for the Iraq campaign, and for the Gaza flotilla |
| Posted by: Frank G 2012-06-24 12:26 |