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US journalist captured while illegally crossing Turkey over river
hurriyet daily news ^

Posted on 04/27/2014 10:01:53 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin

Three people, including a U.S. journalist, have been captured by security forces crossing from Syria into Turkey by raft, the Turkish General Staff said on April 27.

They were captured in the southern province of Hatay’s Altınözü district after being detected on a river.

The General Staff said one of the captured people was a journalist from the U.S., while not revealing their identities.

The General Staff also released another statement saying Syrian air missile batteries put Turkish jets conducting border patrols under a radar lock.

“Six F-16 jets were performing air patrolling duty on the Turkish-Syrian border, in the southern province of Hatay, when SA-5 and SA-2 missile systems deployed in Syria harassed them by putting them under a radar lock for two minutes and 30 seconds,” the statement said.


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1 posted on 04/27/2014 10:01:53 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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Does this mean Turkey does not tolerate “undocumented immigrants”?


2 posted on 04/27/2014 10:17:20 AM PDT by William Tell
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Dumb and Dumber now sit waiting to be promptly rescued at tax payer expense. They’re already writing their story of torture and survival from a victim’s perspective, of course. I;ve be very surprised if Obama attempted any sort of rescue or addressed the issue at all. He’s way too busy taking Selfies with the Maylaysian President.


3 posted on 04/27/2014 10:31:25 AM PDT by lee martell
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They should have chosen the US - Mexican border, they would have gotten flowers and an EBT card.


4 posted on 04/27/2014 10:37:12 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
If the journalist is a member of the Journolist then I don't care if the Turks execute the SOB. At least some countries recognize the difference between the freedom of the press and propagandists.
5 posted on 04/27/2014 10:49:13 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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They gonna gobble him up and stuff him


6 posted on 04/27/2014 11:16:22 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: DeaconBenjamin
"...captured by security forces crossing from Syria into Turkey by raft,..."

Hmmm, why does the movie: "Midnight Express" come to mind?

7 posted on 04/27/2014 11:38:21 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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