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The Grand Turk |
Turkey reinforces Syrian border |
2012-06-29 |
[Washington Post] BEIRUT -- Turkish military reinforcements began arriving along the Syrian border Thursday following tough warnings that Turkey is not prepared to tolerate the downing of one of its planes by Syria, heightening regional tensions ahead of a conference of world powers in Geneva this weekend.![]() A bomb kaboom in the heart of Damascus ...The City of Jasminis the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti... further underscored the sense of urgency building around the international gathering, which is being convened by U.N. special envoy Kofi Annan ![]() in an effort to salvage the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... ' faltering diplomacy in Syria. The dispatch of Turkish reinforcements came five days after Syria's attack on a Turkish air force F-4 jet sent tensions soaring between the estranged neighbors, whose once close friendship had already been ruptured by differences over a 15- month-old uprising against Syrian Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad The Scourge of Hama... Turkey's National Security Council -- made up of the president, top ministers and military generals -- stepped up the pressure on Syria with a sternly worded warning that Turkey does not intend to let the downing of the jet pass without response. "Turkey will act with determination to use all its rights within the international law against this hostile act," said the statement, issued after a five-hour meeting. |
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