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Turkey reports 2nd day of harassment by Russian military
2015-10-06
[CBS] BRUSSELS - Turkey's military said Tuesday more of its jets patrolling the border with Syria were placed in a radar lock by Russian planes and surface-to-air missile systems, casting further doubt on Moscow's behavior and intentions in the Syria crisis.

Eight Turkish F-16 jet patrolling the Turkish-Syrian border were harassed by a MIG-29 plane as well as surface-to-air missile systems based in Syria in two separate incidents on Monday.

It was the second successive harassment of Turkish planes reported by Turkey. The MIG-29 locked radar on the planes for 4 minutes and 30 seconds, while the missile systems threatened the planes for 4 minutes and 15 seconds, the military said.

Turkey reported Monday that two Turkish jets were harassed by a MIG-29 on Sunday.
Vlad probes Mooslim NATO underbelly.
Posted by:Besoeker

#20  If Russia wanted to give Turkey the jitters, from where could they supply arms to the Kurds, and could they do so without also giving Iran the jitters (or if they wanted to give Iran the jitters to keep them in-line from bringing Israel into the mix)?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-10-06 21:31  

#19  I dont. Give a shit, I'm backin putin and israel in this mess. They seem to be the only ppl with common sense in this. Fuck turkey, fuck. Isis and europe not to mention obumble an his cronies. To bad they control the poor men an women under their control in the military.
Posted by: chris   2015-10-06 21:19  

#18  while we decide which side Obama is on in the Middle East

That's easy. Mr. Obama is on "his" side.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-10-06 21:10  

#17  What's this I hear about Judge Crater? Any truth to these vicious lies?
Posted by: Shipman   2015-10-06 20:07  

#16  What mess over there! Let's focus on getting guns out of law biding American citizens while we decide which side Obama is on in the Middle East.
Posted by: Airandee   2015-10-06 19:45  

#15  I'll bet the Russians go to ground when Jooooooooo strike planes are inbound. Figure they understand each other.
Posted by: Shipman   2015-10-06 17:12  

#14  The UK might act.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-10-06 16:58  

#13  If the Turks were to shoot down a couple of RU fighters and Vlad were forced to turn Adana to cinders, with stronger message to follow, then what? The music stops, everyone huddles, no one does anything.

Vlad smiles.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-06 16:20  

#12  Erdogon is the illegitimate metroturban of the boy-lover Mahmet I.

And if everyone just took a time out for a minute to attack Turkey, only ISJV and Obama would come to their aid.

Thing is Lil' Berdy is participating in an invasion of NATO. He has also been trying to drag NATO into this squared circle ever since sent his planes out to be shot down by Team Assad.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-10-06 16:11  

#11  My fun club.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-06 15:47  

#10  Yes, if Sergey Lavrov had a son.... who blogged.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-06 15:08  

#9  g(r)omgoru is a veritable font of information.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-10-06 14:46  

#8  Had that website right at your fingertips did you ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-06 14:29  

#7  Of course, we will jump to the immediate aid of Turkey, just like they did during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia    2015-10-06 13:54  

#6  "Any attack on Turkey is an attack on NATO," Erdogan said.

Now he remembers NATO??
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-06 13:39  

#5  Erdrogan is the cause of all this "migration" horseshit. He's actively on the Islamist side, folks.
Posted by: Angirt Tingle3947   2015-10-06 13:30  

#4  Eight Turkish F-16 jet patrolling the Turkish-Syrian border were harassed by a MIG-29 plane

"Plane" singular?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-06 13:29  

#3  Boot Turkey out of NATO or disband NATO. It's just not worth the mental contortions trying to keep something so alien in an organisation.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2015-10-06 12:52  

#2  "Any attack on Turkey is an attack on NATO," Erdogan said. "If Russia loses a friend like Turkey with whom it has cooperated on many issues, it will lose a lot."
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-10-06 12:10  

#1  A couple HARMs back at the SAMs would be an appropriate response I think.
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-10-06 12:03  

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