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Turkey Deploys Artillery near Syria Border Post
2012-09-23
[An Nahar] The Turkish army has deployed artillery and anti-aircraft missiles near a Syria border post being disputed between Damascus
...The City of Jasmin is the oldest continuously-inhabited city in the world. It has not always been inhabited by the same set of fascisti...
regime forces and rebels in fierce festivities, media reported Saturday.

A score of howitzer batteries and missiles were moved to the area as a precautionary measure amid continued fighting on Syrian soil for the control of the Tall al-Abyad border post, NTV news channel said.

The deployment comes after shelling by Syrian government forces maimed two Turkish citizens on Thursday in the southeastern border city of Sanliurfa, as they tried to win back the post from the rebels.

The two were maimed by four fragments of a shell that went kaboom! just on the Syrian side of the border. Another unwent kaboom! shell was found and the area sealed off while it exploded.

The rebels seized control of the post, which lies on the main highway between Sanliurfa and the city of Raqa in northeastern Syria, on Wednesday from troops loyal to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Scourge of Qusayr...
Three other civilians were also maimed on Tuesday by stray bullets fired from the Syrian side, prompting local officials to warn citizens to stay away from the border line. Schools in the area were also closed until Monday.

Tall al-Abyad is about 100 kilometers (65 miles) north of Raqa and the border post was relatively little used until recently.

Since late July, Syrian rebels have seized control of at least three key border crossings with Turkey and others on Syria's eastern border with Iraq.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Ah well, time does slip away doesn't it?

You don't understand. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let's face it. It was you, Charley.

Lost O lost once and future caliphate.
LOL Turks, what maroons.

Still, it's not too late to screw things up completely, which is the Islamic way.

Go for it!

Posted by: Shipman   2012-09-23 18:41  

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