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June 23rd, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
In a sign that it was aware of the gravity of the situation, Syria seemed to
be trying to repair the damage, deploying vessels to join a search and
rescue operation to locate the aircraft’s two pilots in the waters off its
coast.
The incident represented the fulfilment of one of the international
community’s greatest fears after months of predictions that the Syrian
conflict could easily burst its borders.
Western powers, and particularly the United States, are likely to come under
pressure to support Turkey should it choose to retaliate with military
force. Mr Erdogan’s government has long warned that it would not tolerate
any Syrian challenge to its security.
As a member of Nato, Turkey could potentially invoke Chapter V of the
alliance’s treaty which states that an attack on one state would be viewed
as an attack on all signatories of the alliance.
But because the clause dictates that such an attack must be carried out on
European or American soil, Mr Erdogan is unlikely to make such demands of
his Western allies.
But he could well invoke Chapter IV of the treaty, which allows a member state
to convene an emergency summit of the whole alliance if “the security
of any of the parties is threatened”.
Turkey came close to doing so in April after Syrian forces opened fire into
its territory, wounding two Turkish nationals and two Syrians at a refugee
camp close to the borders.
It was persuaded not to do so by the United States, but is likely to be less
malleable now. In return for agreeing to allowing Saudi and Qatari funnel
weapons to the rebels through its territory, Mr Erdogan sought and received
assurances that America would protect Turkey from any Syrian backlash,
according to Western officials.
Turkey, which has been at the forefront of regional efforts to oust Mr Assad
and has given sanctuary to rebels seeking his overthrow, could also try to
revive previous efforts to win international support for a buffer zone in
Syria’s border regions.The jet incident came as the Syrian government
accused its rebel foes of carrying out a “massacre” of Mr Assad’s
supporters after the emergence of grisly video footage showing more than a
dozen bloodied and mutilated corpses.
A pro-opposition human rights group confirmed that rebels were behind the
killings, but said that the victims were members of the pro-Assad Shabiha,
the feared Alawite militia accused of murdering hundreds of Sunni
civilians.Meanwhile, government troops killed at least ten people in the
city of Aleppo, according to activists.
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