[Jerusalem Post Front Page] Twenty Syrians were killed and over 60 injured in a failed Scud missile test carried out by Syria, Iran and North Korea in May, Japan's Kyodo News reported on Friday. One of two missiles had apparently strayed off its course due to a technical malfunction, landing in a civilian populated area in a town on the Syrian-Turkish border. The victims were all civilians.
Syria is lucky only their own citizens were killed. Can you imagine Turkey's reaction had the technical malfunction occurred in the nearest town on the far side of the border? | The incident was part of a botched attempt to test a new short-range ballistic missile developed together by the three countries, the report said. According to Kyodo News, the area - a marketplace - was immediately closed off to the public, who was told that a gas explosion had ensued and was the cause of the wreckage. It was unclear where the other missile landed. |