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June 25 (Reuters) - Turkey said on Monday that Syrian forces had fired at a second Turkish plane which was searching for an F-4 reconnaissance jet shot down by Syria last week, but the second plane was not brought down.
Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc told a news conference that Turkey would protect itself, within the framework of international law, against what it called Syria's "hostile action" of downing its warplane last week.
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is to demand backing from its NATO allies on Tuesday at a special meeting called after Syrian troops shot down a Turkish warplane last week in an incident Damascus said was self-defence but which Ankara branded an "act of aggression".
It is only the second time in NATO's 63-year history that it has convened under Article 4 of its charter which provides for consultations when a member state feels its territorial integrity, political independence or security is under threat.
Turkey rejected assertions from Damascus that its forces had no option but to fire on the F-4 jet as it flew over Syrian waters close to the coast on Friday.
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, Turkey condemned the "hostile act by the Syrian authorities against Turkey's national security", saying it posed "a serious threat to peace and security in the region".
It then made another approach to land when it was shot down 13 miles off the coast in international airspace, he said, out of the reach of Syria's anti-aircraft guns
"According to the data in our hands, it points to our plane being shot by a laser or heat-guided surface-to-air missile. The fact our plane was not given an early radar warning, suggests it was not a radar-guided missile," said Arinc.
Originally posted by iforget
reply to post by Xcathdra
you have me confused as to if this is a third incident involving a 2nd search and rescue plane that is "just coming over the wires" or if you're referring to the 2nd incident that was reported earlier which I am sure the links you posted are
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ok my question also seems confusing sorry
Originally posted by tothetenthpower
They don't want this civil war, they want it ended but they are probably too scared to defect.
Originally posted by mrballistic
I thought turkey and syria were good friends??
If it was really turkey's intention and doing this on purpose to provoke,
i doubt they would of ever admitted any wrong doing...
I think it really was an accident. With syria scared to the bones they over reacted.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
Originally posted by iforget
reply to post by Xcathdra
you have me confused as to if this is a third incident involving a 2nd search and rescue plane that is "just coming over the wires" or if you're referring to the 2nd incident that was reported earlier which I am sure the links you posted are
www.abovetopsecret.com...
My bad... I missed the post..
Sorry..
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