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Erdogan Made To Step Back From The Brink
Some mortars fell on Turkish ground and killed five people. It is unknown who has launched those mortars.
The Turkish prime minister Erdogan used the event to get himself war powers and ordered some limited artillery strikes onto Syrian positions.
He also, again, tried to get NATO to back up his urge to escalate the conflict in Syria. NATO smelled a rat and did not agree with Erdogan. He was ordered to deescalate. Big anti-war demonstrations in Istanbul helped to convey the message.
Erdogan then sent out his deputy to declare that Syria had admitted that it fired the mortars and apologized. This was widely reported:
Syria has admitted it was responsible for a shelling that killed five civilians on Turkish soil and apologised, Turkey's deputy prime minister said today.
"The Syrian side has admitted what it did and apologised," Besir Atalay told reporters.
But as the Syrian ambassador to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari made absolutely clear (video) there was neither a Syrian admittance of guilt nor was there any apology. Syria only send condolences to the Turkish people and promised to investigate the case.
When the Syrian army shot down a Turkish jet that had crossed into Syrian air space it immediately took responsibility for it and apologized. The Syrian behavior in this case is different.
If this incident was a false flag operation, which seems more and more likely, it only achieved a part of what it was supposed to achieve. Erdogan did get the Turkish parliament to give him war powers. But the more important backing from NATO did not come through.
His deputy prime minister Besir Atalay's lie about the Syrian "apology" had the purpose to allow Erdogan to step back from the brink he had walked up to. There will be, for now, no further escalation of the war the U.S., Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar are waging against Syria.
German state TV reports that Syrian rebels officially claim responsibility for attack on Turkey http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=7271
by R. Teichmann
On Oct 4, German state TV channel ZDF reported on the attack on Turkey several times. In its “Mittagsmagazin” at 1300 hrs (02:06–02:32) it reports as follows:
Raketen- und Granatfeuer. Die Türkei übt Vergeltung für einen Angriff von syrischer Seite. Gestern Nachmittag hatten syrische Rebellen einen türkischen Ort in Grenznähe beschossen. Seit Wochen schon warnt Ankara davor, die Türkei zu provozieren. Inzwischen haben sich die syrischen Rebellen ganz offiziell zu der Provokation bekannt.
Translation:
Rocket and mortar fire. Turkey takes revenge after an attack from the Syrian side. Yesterday afternoon Syrian rebels fired on a Turkish village close to the border. For weeks Ankara had warned against provoking Turkey. Meanwhile Syrian rebels officially claimed responsibility for the provocation.
Only 3 hours later in its “Heute in Europa” at 1600 hrs (01:40–01:52) it reports:
Raketen und Granatfeuer. Vergangene Nacht übte die Türkei Vergeltung für einen Angriff von syrischer Seite. Gestern Nachmittag hatten Rebellen einen türkischen Ort in Grenznähe beschossen.
Translation:
Rocket and mortar fire. Last night Turkey took revenge for an attack from the Syrian side. Yesterday afternoon rebels fired on a Turkish village close to the border.
Later in the same broadcast (02:20–02:27):
Aussage eines Einheimischen: „Die syrischen Rebellen versuchen, uns in ihren Konflikt zu verwickeln. Wir müssen da sehr vorsichtig sein.“
Translation:
Testimony of a local: “The Syrian rebels try to draw us into their conflict. We have to be very careful here.”
In their main evening news “Heute” at 1900 hrs (01:40–01:53) they report:
Raketen- und Granatfeuer. Vergangene Nacht übte die Türkei Vergeltung. Gestern Nachmittag hatten die Syrer einen Ort in Grenznähe beschossen. Die Spannungen zwischen den Nachbarn waren eskaliert – Ankara schlug zurück.
Translation:
Rocket and mortar fire. Last night Turkey took revenge. Yesterday afternoon the Syrians fired on a Turkish village close to the border. The tensions between the neighbours had escalated – Ankara retaliated.
In the late evening news “Heute Journal” at 2300 hrs (01:54–02:05) they reported:
Raketen und Granatfeuer. Vergangene Nacht übte die Türkei Vergeltung. Gestern Nachmittag war von syrischer Seite ein Ort in Grenznähe beschossen worden. Die Spannung eskalierte. Ankara schlug zurück.
Translation:
Rocket and mortar fire. Last night Turkey took revenge. Yesterday afternoon a village close to the border had been fired upon from the Syrian side. The tension escalated – Ankara retaliated.
And later in the same broadcast (02:35–02:42):
Zerschossene Häuser und menschenleere Straßen. Noch ist nicht einmal klar, wer eigentlich geschossen hat, die syrische Armee oder die Rebellen.
Translation:
Houses shot to pieces and streets devoid of people. It is not even clear yet who really fired, the Syrian army or the rebels.
The first victim of war is the truth. The first report clearly states that the rebels officially claimed responsibility for the attack on Turkey. It is telling to see how the pressure on this TV station worked. They had to back-pedal. At 1300 it was the Syrian Rebels officially claiming responsibility. In the main evening news at 1900 it was the Syrians (suggesting the Syrian army). This is a prime example of how the first and probably most authentic and truthful report is turned and twisted by the spin doctors to come to the desired result. In these times of Orwellian doublespeak we have to give credit to the ZDF that they did not stick with “The Syrians did it” but at least ended with a question mark. In the late evening they leave it open who was responsible. Supporting the original ZDF report that the rebels are responsible for the attack is another video (Source: Syria News) which shows that the rebels have the equipment to carry out such an attack. These mortar shells are Russian-made, at least, the armed Western-backed fighters state this in this video on YouTube. It seems that they use ammunition that they got by attacks of arms depots of the Syrian Arab Army.
Posted by: SufferingFools | Oct 6 2012 12:01 utc | 28
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