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Thirteen Turkish soldiers killed in military helicopter crash
KOM News ^
| 6-1-17
| none stated
Posted on 06/01/2017 9:50:01 PM PDT by Texas Fossil
All 13 Turkish soldiers, including high-ranking generals, on board a Cougar military helicopter were killed when it crashed after getting caught in a high-voltage power line in the Senoba district of Turkey’s southeastern Sirnak province, the army said on Wednesday.
In a statement, the army said the AS 532 Cougar had crashed shortly after taking off around 1855 GMT on Wednesday. It said emergency search and rescue teams were dispatched to the area and evaluations were underway at the crash site.
Broadcaster CNN Turk said Defence Minister Fikri Isik would travel to Sirnak, while presidential sources said President Tayyip Erdogan had been briefed on the crash following a National Security Council meeting earlier on Wednesday.
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KEYWORDS: agoodstart; crash; general; helicopter; turkey; turkeytroops
Very bad situation. Note: "including high-ranking generals" (plural) were on board.
Erdogan has been angry a lot lately. Wonder how he will handle this?
To: Texas Fossil
Knowing Erdogan anything is possible.
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posted on
06/01/2017 9:58:04 PM PDT
by
Spiridon
To: Texas Fossil
I do wonder if it is merely an accident. There is a lot of repressed discontent in Turkey, and the Kurdish issue has flared up again.
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posted on
06/01/2017 9:58:17 PM PDT
by
BlackVeil
('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:01:24 PM PDT
by
datura
To: Spiridon
Agree. And he has not appeared very stable lately.
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:03:02 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: BlackVeil
Yes, he made a lot of stong threats today.
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:03:32 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: datura
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:04:12 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:04:55 PM PDT
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket.l)
To: Texas Fossil
Erdogan is a snake, as is any muslim in power. A false religion breeds nothing but lies, deception and no truth—as did the epileptic, deluded founder of this death cult—Mahomet (British spelling.) Never, ever trust anyone on those terms, ever.
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:09:10 PM PDT
by
Fungi
(Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
To: rrrod
Well, lets see how they react to whatever the cause was.
Last thing we need is for Erdogan to totally loose it.
(like Hitler bunker rant video?)
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:09:12 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Fungi
Erdogan the Islamist Dictator of Turkey already has an anger management issue.
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:11:19 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
Maybe we can get Kathy Griffin to chime in....
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posted on
06/01/2017 10:46:30 PM PDT
by
bigmak007
(They who can't control their own passions, want to passionately control others.)
To: Texas Fossil
I have some Muslims I love, they are all dead.
To: bigmak007
Headshake.
ComDem useful idiot. Totally shot herself in the foot. Ruined her life. For what?
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posted on
06/01/2017 11:02:59 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: Texas Fossil
So called anger management is myth, no such thing, humans get angry for any reason but no such thing as so called anger management. By the way. Erdogan is dreamin' to be the emperor of reincarnated ottoman empire, so he. obama and his moslem brotherhood help re-create bloody ISIS.
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posted on
06/02/2017 1:20:00 AM PDT
by
hamboy
To: hamboy
Yes, Obama, Erdogan and the MB. Very bad cocktail.
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posted on
06/02/2017 4:16:51 AM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
To: BlackVeil
I do wonder if it is merely an accident. Check the powerlines, been downing helos since helos were invented. Or a suicide pilot.
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posted on
06/02/2017 8:22:13 AM PDT
by
xone
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