"A mortar shell that landed across the Turkish border and killed five civilians.... in the fog of war that has settled over Syria, where allegiances and motives are uncertain and a bloody stalemate has taken hold, some observers said they could not help wondering if the episode had been orchestrated by one side or another."
That's about as far as the paper will go in describing a false flag attack, folks.
Turkey says Russian munitions aboard plane
Moscow expressed dismay at the Turkish actions....
Moscow’s complaints were quickly rejected....
Despite their differences — and a Cold War history of animosity — Russia has been striving in recent months to build its relationship with Turkey, which is one of Russia’s largest trading partners and a key player in regional politics."
And this is getting in the way, huh? Cui bono?
Also see: Sunday Globe Special: Syrian Story Set Me Off This Morning
Could be any given morning when it comes to reading a Globe.
Syrian shelling, airstrikes antagonize Turkey, Israel
Syria pulled Turkey closer to military entanglements in its civil war Monday, bombing a rebel-held Syrian village a few yards from the Turkish border in a deadly aerial assault. There has been speculation that Assad, feeling increasingly threatened, may deliberately seek to widen and further complicate the conflict.
Unreal. Prepare for a false flag, folks.
"On Wednesday, Syrian troops used aircraft and artillery to try to dislodge rebels from a town next to the border with Turkey, as Ankara warned it would retaliate against any airspace violations."
How do you say chutzpah in Turkish?
"Turkey’s support for the Syrian rebels has become a domestic issue for the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which is facing a backlash from its own public over the mounting toll of the war because the fighting has brought cross-border trade to a halt and the influx of refugees has raised tensions."
What?
NATO to deploy Patriot missiles to protect Turkey
The move to deploy the Patriots has spurred speculation among some experts who favor greater international involvement in the conflict in Syria that it might be an indirect means to extend protection to the forces opposing Assad in northern Syria, by programming the batteries to target Syrian warplanes that are mounting attacks in that part of the country."
So we get a no-fly zone anyway, huh?
Related: Iran criticizes Turkish request for Patriot missiles
They see it for the offensive threat it is.
Syrian rebels seize hydroelectric dam, more weapons
On Monday, the Syrian war was reported to have spilled beyond the country’s border, drawing in Turkish antiaircraft gunners who were said by the insurgents to have opened fire on a government warplane that appeared to have entered Turkish airspace as it attacked rebel positions in the Syrian town of Atma, just across the Turkish-Syrian border.
Yup, uh-huh, sure. Now that Patriot deployment is certainly justified, and cui bono?
"In Ankara, the Turkish foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, said NATO states had signed off on deploying an advanced Patriot missile system to Turkey to defend against Syrian attacks. The missiles, which could come from the United States, were meant for defensive purposes. But...."
But they can be used for offensive purposes.
"Panetta signs deployment order to aid Turkey" by THOM SHANKER and MICHAEL R. GORDON | New York Times, December 15, 2012
INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signed an official deployment order Friday to send 400 military personnel and two Patriot air defense batteries to Turkey as its cross-border tensions intensify with Syria, where loyalist forces have increasingly resorted to aerial attacks, including use of ballistic missiles, to fight a spreading insurgency.
The US batteries will be part of a broader push to strengthen Turkey’s defenses that will include the deployment of four other Patriot batteries — two from Germany and two from the Netherlands. Each battery contains multiple rounds of guided missiles that can intercept and destroy other missiles and hostile aircraft flying at high speeds.
Panetta’s deployment order, the result of NATO discussions last week, represents the most direct US military action so far to help contain the Syrian conflict and minimize the risk it will spill across the border with Turkey, a NATO member that is housing more than 100,000 Syrian refugees and providing aid to the Syrian rebels trying to oust President Bashar Assad.
Tensions between Turkey and Syria have escalated in recent months as Syrian forces have bombed rebel positions along the border and occasionally lobbed artillery rounds into Turkish territory. The Turks have also grown increasingly alarmed that Assad’s forces could fire missiles into Turkey.
News of the Patriot deployment order came as antigovernment activists inside Syria reported fresh violence, including an unconfirmed rebel claim to have downed a government warplane attacking insurgent positions near the international airport in Damascus, the capital....
All six Patriot units deployed in Turkey will be under NATO’s command and are scheduled to be operational by the end of January, according to officials in Washington.
George Little, the Pentagon spokesman, said Panetta signed the order as he flew from Afghanistan to this air base in southern Turkey, close to the Syrian border.
“The United States has been supporting Turkey in its efforts to defend itself,’’ Little said.
The order ‘‘will deploy some 400 US personnel to Turkey to support two Patriot missile batteries,’’ Little added, and the personnel and Patriot batteries will arrive in Turkey ‘‘in coming weeks.’’ He did not specify their deployment locations.
After landing at Incirlik on Friday, Panetta told a gathering of US Air Force personnel of his decision to deploy the Patriots....
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"In a separate development Monday, the Dutch military shipped Patriot missiles to Turkey, a fellow NATO member, after the alliance agreed in December to deploy the antimissile systems along Turkey’s southern border with Syria."
Finally in place, huh? Just as WWIII is really about to hit the fan?
"Syrian rebels reportedly take dam; Van blast kills 13 at Turkish post, prompts inquiry" by Hwaida Saad and Rick Gladstone | New York Times, February 12, 2013
BEIRUT — Claims that the Tabqa Dam was in rebel control came as a possible new confrontation was brewing between Turkey and Syria after a Syrian minivan exploded just inside Turkish territory at Cilvegozu, an important border crossing near the rebel-held Syrian town of Bab al-Hawa, killing at least 13 people, including three Turkish civilians, wounding at least 28, and damaging at least 19 vehicles.
The Turkish fatalities were believed to be the first related to the Syrian conflict since October, when a Syrian mortar shell killed five Turks near the border-crossing town of Akcakale, Turkey, eliciting a warning of retaliation by the Turkish government.
Turkey’s deputy prime minister, Bulent Arinc, did not rule out a bombing or suicide attack as the cause of the Cilvegozu explosion and said all possibilities were under investigation at the border post in southern Turkey’s Hatay province.
I think any person with a functioning brain and who is conscious recognizes this false flag.
Cui bono?
Syrian rebels, who get military and financial support from Turkey, blamed Assad’s government for the explosion. Turkey, which hosts nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees, has repeatedly warned Assad’s government it would not tolerate attacks along the 550-mile border....
How rarely we see that admission that Turkey is arming terrorists.
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