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Turkish F-16s shoot down Russian fighter jet near Syria border
foxnews.com ^ | 11/24/15 | Jennifer Griffin/ap

Posted on 11/24/2015 8:05:34 AM PST by ColdOne

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian warplane near Turkey's border with Syria is a "stab in the back" and it would have “significant consequences” for its relations with Turkey, as NATO called an emergency meeting over the incident.

Putin said the Russian Sukhoi-24 jet was shot by a missile from a Turkish jet over Syria about just over a half-mile away from the Turkish border, which he described as a "stab in the back by the terrorists' accomplices." Putin was meeting with Jordanian King

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: iran; nato; putin; russia; syria; turkey
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To: Reno89519

Rubio is a cute guy, but he has not a level head when it comes to foreign policy. Please oh please, fellow Americans, do not choose him.


21 posted on 11/24/2015 8:21:20 AM PST by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: CodeToad

NO way an attack inside Turkey would be suicide.


22 posted on 11/24/2015 8:21:33 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: ColdOne
Since Russia started its bombing campaign in Syria its warplanes have been accused of violating Turkey's airspace on a number of occasions, but each airspace violation has had one thing in common: they have all occurred over Turkey’s Hatay province.

Q: What is so important about the Hatay province?

A: Syria has long disputed Turkey's sovereignty over Hatay province, which boarders Syria’s Latakia governorate, although the international community is in agreement that the region belongs to Turkey. In 2012 a Syrian fighter jet shot down a Turkish F-4 Phantom killing the pilot in the process over the region as well. Moscow knows that the Hatay province is a source of tension between Syria and Turkey- so flying Russian jets near the border serves as a useful way to keep local tensions high while testing Turkey, and by extension NATO's air defenses.

23 posted on 11/24/2015 8:23:23 AM PST by 11th Commandment ("THOSE WHO TIRE LOSE")
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To: 11th Commandment

Russia is presenting photos of an inside Turkey missile launch.


24 posted on 11/24/2015 8:24:39 AM PST by CodeToad (Stupid kills, but not nearly enough!)
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To: captain_dave

Why is Turkey with Erdogan in NATO ?


25 posted on 11/24/2015 8:25:08 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: sunrise_sunset

Geography
And diversity


26 posted on 11/24/2015 8:28:16 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: ColdOne

Russisn tourists spend a lot of money in Turkey. I wonder what will happen now? When the Ruble colapsed in 1997, the Turkish economy went into recession. This could be worse.


27 posted on 11/24/2015 8:30:13 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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28 posted on 11/24/2015 8:33:47 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: ColdOne

Hopefully Soetoro won’t try to come to the aid of Turkey (and hopefully none of the NATO articles will be invoked). Let Putin turn Turkey into turkey, but I’m not interested in turning into a Deathclaw.


29 posted on 11/24/2015 8:36:23 AM PST by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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To: Reno89519

And some warhawks on this forum.


30 posted on 11/24/2015 8:36:33 AM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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To: sunrise_sunset

Turkey should never have been let into NATO from the start. From the start it seemed like a sly move on Turkey’s part, to appear moderate, get NATO membership and then show its true colors as solidly Muslim.

Like many countries, the leadership is one way and the citizenry another. When Erdogan shed his moderate disguise, he really doubled-crossed much of the Turkey citizenry which is moderate and Israel also.

Yes this could be how WWIII starts if NATO allows itself to be pulled in due to Turkey’s stab in the back to Russia. Russia may wonder if Turkey is acting as a front man for NATO or the US.


31 posted on 11/24/2015 8:36:56 AM PST by fingers_crossed
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To: Objective Scrutator

If Putin wants to make Istanbul “Constantinople” again, that’s fine with me.


32 posted on 11/24/2015 8:37:17 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: ColdOne

A Russian military aircraft violated a sovereign nation’s airspace. It was shot down for doing so. You can despise the Turks, love the Russians or vice versa. It doesn’t matter. The action was justified by Turkey.

The Russians know what they are doing and they suffered the consequences of taking a provocative action.

The Turks that shot the parachuting crew? Disgusting animals.


33 posted on 11/24/2015 8:42:17 AM PST by FerociousRabbit
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To: ColdOne

Turkey knows it’s goose is cooked with Thanksgiving coming up. Thank you. Thank you. I’ll be here all weekend.


34 posted on 11/24/2015 8:47:15 AM PST by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
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To: FerociousRabbit

Turkish fighters routinely violate Greece’s air space, by that logic Greece should start shooting down Turkish planes.


35 posted on 11/24/2015 8:48:25 AM PST by chemical_boy
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To: ColdOne

“Turkish F-16s shoot down Russian fighter jet near Syria border”. Turkish side or Syrian side?


36 posted on 11/24/2015 8:55:42 AM PST by Garvin (Scratch a liberal, get a fascist)
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To: CodeToad

Headline says it was shot down by a F-16...


37 posted on 11/24/2015 9:03:16 AM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Maybe it was, but I do not trust Obama not to lie to us and therefore Turkey either.


38 posted on 11/24/2015 9:04:10 AM PST by CodeToad (Stupid kills, but not nearly enough!)
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To: CodeToad

This is what our feckless leadership has wrought, makes Carter look good.


39 posted on 11/24/2015 9:06:45 AM PST by databoss
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To: captain_dave

Turkey should have never been in NATO.


40 posted on 11/24/2015 9:07:46 AM PST by dfwgator
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