Taking Sides in Syria, Turkey Shelters Militia Fighting Assad

[JayAtl]

Once one of Syria’s closest allies, Turkey is hosting an armed opposition group waging an insurgency against the government of President Bashar al-Assad, providing shelter to the commander and dozens of members of the group, the Free Syrian Army, and allowing them to orchestrate attacks across the border from inside a camp guarded by the Turkish military.

The support for the insurgents comes amid a broader Turkish campaign to undermine Mr. Assad’s government. Turkey is expected to impose sanctions soon on Syria, and it has deepened its support for an umbrella political opposition group known as the Syrian National Council, which announced its formation in Istanbul. But its harboring of leaders in the Free Syrian Army, a militia composed of defectors from the Syrian armed forces, may be its most striking challenge so far to Damascus.

On Wednesday, the group, living in a heavily guarded refugee camp in Turkey, claimed responsibility for killing nine Syrian soldiers, including one uniformed officer, in an attack in restive central Syria.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/28/w...ing-antigovernment-syrian-militia.html?emc=na

 

[JayAtl]

I'm not familar withe history of Syria vs Turkey. why are they so aggresive in their support of the syrian rebels and militia?

 

[Hussein]

they are syrians coming in Turkey so of course they know what happens there

 

[silko]

utter nonsens... i have not seen or heard anything like this in Turkish news!

makes you wonder why an american newspaper writes this? want to have a war again uncle sam... !

 

[TARIQ BN ZIYAAD]

If the syrian regime keep killing its ppl they will seek refuge to neighboring countries.
but there is no evidence turkish r providing any arms to defected soldiers

The latest videos show how this regime is brutal and doesnot understand anything accept killing
if u r not that strong dont enter the link plz

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The regime is just in a way it doesnot differentiate between a kid and adult , male or female one of the examples

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

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TARIQ

 

[JayAtl]

utter nonsens... i have not seen or heard anything like this in Turkish news!

makes you wonder why an american newspaper writes this? want to have a war again uncle sam... !

it's the new york times dude. it knows things before even americans know things about their country. they have an insider information/. breaking news track record- although they are not omipotent. Plus there has been a lot of talk from turkey about syria which supports the direction of the claim

 

[silko]

it's the new york times dude. it knows things before even americans know things about their country. they have an insider information/. breaking news track record- although they are not omipotent.

right now we have more important things to handle than assad...

some reminders to you, earthquake! operation inside Iraq... ? why would Turkey care about Syria at this point when we have problems in our own country?!

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

Turkey is playing a dangerous game.

 

[Hussein]

Turkey is playing a dangerous game.

funny how your president ' supporters are coming to suppor him

 

[JayAtl]

right now we have more important things to handle than assad...

some reminders to you, earthquake! operation inside Iraq... ? why would Turkey care about Syria at this point when we have problems in our own country?!

why would turkey care- I dont know ask you erdgaon or whatever his name is. you can walk and chew gum I presume- thats why earthquakes ( dont know what that ref is about Iraq) can also be handled. plus giving shelter to militants may have been quietly ongoing prior to the earthquake. just that it leaked out now

Turkey Warns Syria to Stop Crackdown
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/16/world/europe/16turkey.html

Turkey warns of ?steps? if Syria continues crackdown on protests - Boston.com

BEIRUT - Turkey’s foreign minister demanded yesterday that the Syrian government end its crackdown on a five-month-old uprising “immediately and unconditionally,’’ warning that unspecified steps would be taken otherwise.

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

funny how your president ' supporters are coming to suppor him

Yes one video shows all his supporter please I was at a pro assad rally in Aleppo and there were more then 200,000 people there supporting Dr. Assad.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

me personally, I think Turkiye is best served by remaining neutral on it;

the problem is that Syrian authorities and security forces seem to be taking a hardline approach towards Turkiye. They shifted forces near the border to prevent dissidents from crossing over. Turkiye's Kizilay organization is dealing with the refugees, it's having a cost on Turkiye so they do have ''say'' in this matter for sure.

the Syrian regime seems to be taking much ''fire'' (whether for public consumption or not, its irrelevant) from ally countries and foes alike.

 

[silko]

i found this article, this 'may be' why we shelter some militias.

Foreign minister tells Syria not to stir up Turkey - Hurriyet Daily News

Turkey is playing a dangerous game.

may i ask why... ? is it wrong of us to do something your country did to us back in the 90's?

start reforms, stop killing innocent protestors who wants more freedom.

 

[SyrianChristianPatriot]

i found this article, this 'may be' why we shelter some militias.

Foreign minister tells Syria not to stir up Turkey - Hurriyet Daily News




may i ask why... ? is it wrong of us to do something your country did to us back in the 90's?

start reforms, stop killing innocent protestors who wants more freedom.

Supporting them was a mistake, they want Syrian land, actually reform is starting it's not helping when attacks on Syrian Soldiers happen from Turkey .

 

[silko]

they want Syrian land, actually reform is starting it's not helping when attacks on Syrian Soldiers happen from Turkey .

how is the reforms starting... all i hear is 34 shot dead in protests, 12 shot dead in clashes etc.

there isn't proof that they use Turkish soil to attack Syria. they dont even have that capacity. what are we going to do, arm them with 2-3 G3 rifles and send them to suicide missions?

it is actually the other way around, you have shot Syrian refugees in Lebanon!