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| Turkey: Israel violated north Cyprus airspace |
| 2012-05-17 |
| Turkey's military says two of its warplanes chased an Israeli aircraft that allegedly violated the airspace of the breakaway Turkish Cypriot state, where Turkey is exploring for oil and gas. A military statement late Wednesday said the Israeli plane violated the airspace five times Monday until the two Turkish F-16 jets forced it to leave the area over the Turkish Cypriot north of the divided island. The statement didn't identify the type of Israeli aircraft, and there was no immediate comment from Israeli officials. Ties between Turkey and Israel have been strained by Israel's treatment of Palestinians and the discovery by Israel and Cyprus of huge offshore natural gas deposits. Turkey opposes any energy search by Greek Cypriots, has dismissed a Cypriot-Israeli deal demarcating their maritime borders, and retaliated by signing exploration deals with the Turkish Cypriot |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 The Greeks need to enter a joint venture with the Germans for offshore drilling, and set the national boundary and base the servicing activity in the port at Kastellorizo. That will shift the Turks' attention from Cyprus and help the Greeks reduce some debt. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2012-05-17 22:52 |
| #3 5 times before it was forced to leave? Sounds like they were testing response time for worse-case scenarios. And that the response times were laughable. |
| Posted by: Charles 2012-05-17 19:38 |
| #2 The part of the island Turkey illegally invaded and set up a puppet regime in. Oh and didn't pay for infinite UN presence in... That half of an island? |
| Posted by: Water Modem 2012-05-17 11:12 |
| #1 One hopes vacationing Israelis haven't been demonstrating to the Turks how drones can be used... |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2012-05-17 10:37 |