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Originally Posted by Bucco
Just for information...This is just a report and confirmation not made on any of it...
"Syrian air defences “shot down” the Turkish jet fighter that went missing while on patrol near the border between the two countries on Friday, according to local television reports. "
"Reports in Turkey initially stated that Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed that Syria had apologised for shooting down the plane.
"Syria immediately offered a very serious apology for the incident and admitted it was a mistake", Haberturk daily newspaper quoted Mr Erdogan as saying onboard a plane on the way to Turkey from Brazil.
However, Mr Erdogan later told a news conference that he could not confirm reports that Syria had shot it down and had apologised.
He said he had no word on the fate of the pilot and navigator on board.
"The chief of general staff has made the necessary statement about the missing plane. I am not saying it was brought down at the point it fell. It is not possible to say this without knowing the exact facts,"
Syria 'shoots down Turkish fighter jet' - Telegraph |
Let's see what happens. I don't think the Turks will be pacifist on this shoot down, although from my point-of-view the Turkish F-4 was well within Syrian air space. Why?
Having said they won't be pacifist, neither do I think they'll start a big land war with Syria. If they did, it would be long and bloody, but Turkey has by far the larger and better equipped military. It would be interesting to see how the Russians would react. And the Chinese.
I don't think we'll have to wait too long.