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2012-04-19 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Turkey Intercepts Ship with Suspected Arms Headed For Syria

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Posted by Fred 2012-04-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Syria

#1 Chavez? Hmmm

Posted by newc 2012-04-19 00:27|| 2012-04-19 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Germans,Muslim brotherhood White House Al Qaeda paperclip Chicago Hollywood John McCains Heroes screw them!

Posted by Gromong Schwarzeneggar9193 2012-04-19 08:09|| 2012-04-19 08:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Not that I object to the idea of disarming the Syrian regime, but under what legal authority is Turkey acting, that it feels it can enforce an arms blockade in the Med? Was this ship in Turkish territorial waters or something?

Posted by Mitch H. 2012-04-19 08:46|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/ 2012-04-19 08:46|| Front Page Top

#4 Turkey is trying to percipitate an incident large enough to get an armed response from Syria as an excuse to invade Northern Syria to support the rebels.

The Turks have a pretty good army I don't know why they just don't go in and take control of the situation. They have popular support for the action, given the thousands of refugees crossing over from Syria.

Syria has gone sideways and the implications for Turkey, Israel, and Iraq are monumental. As if all of the Iranians in Gaza wasn't enough.

Posted by Bill Clinton 2012-04-19 11:08|| 2012-04-19 11:08|| Front Page Top

#5 The Turks have a pretty good army

They had a pretty good army before they started replacing professional (and Kemalist) officer corps with Islamists.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2012-04-19 11:56|| 2012-04-19 11:56|| Front Page Top

#6 The Turks have a pretty good army

They have a pretty good army to go up against Arab countries.

Posted by DarthVader 2012-04-19 12:44|| 2012-04-19 12:44|| Front Page Top

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