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| Turkey Intercepts Ship with Suspected Arms Headed For Syria |
| 2012-04-19 |
| [An Nahar] Turkey has intercepted a Bermuda-flagged vessel suspected of carrying weapons and ammunition to Syria in the Mediterranean, a diplomatic source told Agence La Belle France Presse on Wednesday. "We received information that the vessel has a cargo of arms and ammunition headed for Syria," the source said on condition of anonymity, adding that Turkish authorities would search the vessel later in the day. The "Atlantic Cruiser" belongs to a German company, the source also noted. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 The Turks have a pretty good army They have a pretty good army to go up against Arab countries. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-04-19 12:44 |
| #5 The Turks have a pretty good army They had a pretty good army before they started replacing professional (and Kemalist) officer corps with Islamists. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2012-04-19 11:56 |
| #4 Turkey is trying to percipitate an incident large enough to get an armed response from Syria as an excuse to invade Northern Syria to support the rebels. The Turks have a pretty good army I don't know why they just don't go in and take control of the situation. They have popular support for the action, given the thousands of refugees crossing over from Syria. Syria has gone sideways and the implications for Turkey, Israel, and Iraq are monumental. As if all of the Iranians in Gaza wasn't enough. |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2012-04-19 11:08 |
| #3 Not that I object to the idea of disarming the Syrian regime, but under what legal authority is Turkey acting, that it feels it can enforce an arms blockade in the Med? Was this ship in Turkish territorial waters or something? |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2012-04-19 08:46 |
| #2 Germans,Muslim brotherhood White House Al Qaeda paperclip Chicago Hollywood John McCains Heroes screw them! |
| Posted by: Gromong Schwarzeneggar9193 2012-04-19 08:09 |
| #1 Chavez? Hmmm |
| Posted by: newc 2012-04-19 00:27 |