Syrian Scuds Land Near Turkish Border - NATO

Reuters ^ | December 14, 2012

[Fennie]

BRUSSELS, Dec 14 (Reuters) - Several Scud missiles fired at rebels by Syria have landed "fairly close" to the Turkish border, NATO's top military commander said on Friday in a blog explaining why Patriot anti-missile batteries are being deployed to Turkey.

The comments by U.S. Admiral James Stavridis, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, were the first to confirm that Scuds have come down near the border of Turkey, a NATO member state.

Stavridis also described the situation in Syria as "chaotic and dangerous".

[Wally_Kalbacken]

I love the smell of “chaotic and dangerous” in the morning!

[niteowl77]

Is "fairly close" the technical term for a measurement of distance that is not quite within the parameters of a casus belli which will provide NATO members an excuse to provide support for the Muslim Brotherhood and/or Al Qaida?

Mr. niteowl77

[csmusaret]

Let them kill each other. We don’t need anymore names on this wall....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEPBQGu74oo&feature=youtu.be

[justa-hairyape]

Anyone ever get the feeling they have woke up in an alternate universe. Just check some of these comments from March of last year regarding Syria and Assad.

Syrian President Assad Regarded As a ‘Reformer,’ Clinton Says

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday drew a contrast between Syrian President Bashir Assad and his late father and predecessor, and said U.S. lawmakers who recently have visited Damascus regarded him as a “reformer.”

“There’s a different leader in Syria now,” Clinton said. “Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he’s a reformer.”

A regular visitor to Damascus is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who has met with Assad at least six times, most recently last November.

Kerry was a strong supporter of the Obama administration’s decision to re-engage the Assad regime and to send an ambassador to Damascus for the first time in five years.

A regular visitor to Damascus is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), who has met with Assad at least six times, most recently last November.

When Kerry was asked about Syria during a question-and-answer session afterwards, he voiced optimism about the direction relations were taking.

“I have been a believer for some period of time that we could make progress in that relationship,” he said. “And I’m going to continue to work for it and push it.”

“President Assad has been very generous with me in terms of the discussions we have had,” Kerry continued. “And when I last went to – the last several trips to Syria – I asked President Assad to do certain things to build the relationship with the United States and sort of show the good faith that would help us to move the process forward.”

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks fennie.

Syria government ‘losing control’ — Russian official
BBC News | Thursday, December 13, 2012
Posted on Thu Dec 13 20:48:26 2012 by MinorityRepublican
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2968541/posts

[SunkenCiv]

• Syria Fires Scud Missiles at Insurgents, U.S. Says
• [ridiculous rationalization dep't:] Assad Fires Scuds To Stop Al Qaeda Arm Seizing Chemical Arms at Al Safira
• [if you wanna believe everything the Assad regimes sez:] Syria government 'losing control' -- Russian official

  [snip] Separately, Syria denied reports it had fired Scud missiles at rebels. [/snip]