The shelling in Akcakale provoked fear and anger
The global community cannot say anything about Turkey defending its borders, seeking stability among its citizens and moving against a nation out of control with its civil war spreading to other areas in the region.
I doubt seriously Turkey will stop any time soon. It has to bring about stability to its border region. It is a sovereignty issue. Taking pot shots at the disaster now considered a country, Syria, isn't going to stop the border issue. Turkey is seeking to stabilize the circumstances, that means more than shelling, too. I means the initial shelling will have to be followed up by troops and tank units. This is the beginning. It was inevitable.
The global community cannot say anything about Turkey defending its borders, seeking stability among its citizens and moving against a nation out of control with its civil war spreading to other areas in the region.
I doubt seriously Turkey will stop any time soon. It has to bring about stability to its border region. It is a sovereignty issue. Taking pot shots at the disaster now considered a country, Syria, isn't going to stop the border issue. Turkey is seeking to stabilize the circumstances, that means more than shelling, too. I means the initial shelling will have to be followed up by troops and tank units. This is the beginning. It was inevitable.
Last updated at 05:57 ET
Turkey has renewed firing at targets inside Syria after two women and three children were killed by shelling from across the border on Wednesday.
Several Syrian troops were killed by Turkish fire, a UK-based Syrian activist group said.
Syria says it is investigating the shelling in the town of Akcakale.
The Turkish parliament is discussing authorising troops to cross into Syria. But government sources say Turkey is not planning to declare war on Syria.
A government official said the retaliatory shelling - now in its second day - was only a "warning" to the authorities in Damascus....
It is a border issue. Here is a statement from an aid to the Prime Minister.
October/04/2012
İbrahim Kalın, (click here) a senior adviser to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, said today on his Twitter account that Turkey had no interest in a war with Syria but would protect its borders. He said political and diplomatic initiatives would continue, Reuters reported.
"Turkey has no interest in a war with Syria. But Turkey is capable of protecting its borders and will retaliate when necessary," Kalın wrote on Twitter. "Turkey has retaliated to yesterday's incident without declaring war on Syria. Political, diplomatic initiatives will continue."...
It is a border issue. Here is a statement from an aid to the Prime Minister.
October/04/2012
İbrahim Kalın, (click here) a senior adviser to Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, said today on his Twitter account that Turkey had no interest in a war with Syria but would protect its borders. He said political and diplomatic initiatives would continue, Reuters reported.
"Turkey has no interest in a war with Syria. But Turkey is capable of protecting its borders and will retaliate when necessary," Kalın wrote on Twitter. "Turkey has retaliated to yesterday's incident without declaring war on Syria. Political, diplomatic initiatives will continue."...
