Turkey Quizzes Israel On Warplane Fuel Tanks

[Purveyor]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters)

8 September 2007

ANKARA - Turkey has asked Israel for clarification after finding two fuel tanks on its territory near the Syrian border allegedly belonging to Israeli warplanes, a diplomatic source said on Saturday.

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The jettisoned fuel tanks were discovered late on Thursday in the Turkish provinces of Hatay and Gaziantep, near the Syrian border, hours after Damascus had accused Israel of bombing its territory. Israel has declined to comment on Syria’s charge.

‘We have asked Israel to explain what happened,’ a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters.

The source said Turkish authorities were also trying to establish whether Israeli warplanes had briefly violated Turkey’s airspace.



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[acmavm]

1. Interesting.

Very interesting.

[lovuian]

2. and if they did what will Turkey do

give a pat on the wrist and say don't do that again

[comradebillyboy]

7. Turkey and Israel are allies

Turkey and Israel are allies, just as Turkey is one of our NATO allies. Turkey currently has good relations with Syria and would prefer that the Israelis not complicate those relations. Turkey is simply making that point as one friend to another.

[formercia]

3. I get it..

The Israelis skirt the Turkish border, that way they only have to worry about AAA from one side. If the AAA engages them, all they have to do is make a quick turn away from the source of the threat.

[rich1107]

4. No, No

Crazy lefties...the tricky Syrian's stole the tanks from Israel and planted them on the Turkish side of the border. US Ministry of Disinformation (Fox News)
;)

[ohio2007]

5. too late...jets have been flown on to "undisclosed locations"

they are US airforce drop tanks...
yeah...
..that the ticket

[ohio2007]

6. map showing Tal Al Abiad on northern Syrian border

The Hurriyet report cited unnamed ‘experts’ as saying they believed the Israeli warplanes had jettisoned extra fuel tanks in order to escape more swiftly after Syria targeted them.


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Escape ?
so,
the Russian air defense system must be crap otherwise the Syrians would be dancing in the streets holding charred remains of pilot or plane.

...Witnesses in the area of Tal Al Abiad near the Turkish border where the reported bombing happened also said they spotted several fuel tanks.

Syria says the alleged Israeli bombing caused no casualties or damage.
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Look how far away to the north Tal Al Abiad is

Tal al Abyad
http://img.mqcdn.com/mqatlasenglish/syria
Wonder how many drop tanks landed in Syria?
..an dwhere did those F-15's go to ?

Doubt it was a round trip back to Israel from the looks of where the tanks went bingo

[nealmhughes]

8. Dang! What was their flight path from Israel then over the Golan or PA?

Or over Lebanon or Turkey from the sea crossing over Turkish or Lebanese air space? Over Jordan? Good Lord! They are so far north and west! Past Urfa!

[IndianaGreen]

10. Is Israel practicing bombing Iran by attacking through Turkey?

Who knows what those warmongers in Jerusalem are planning to do?

[ohio2007]

11. practicing? no, I'd say the IAF has 'redeployed' assets

into the area,
the mullahs have to consider that is exactly what happened. They also have to be aware of the happenings in their own neighborhood;

http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2076

http://countrystudies.us/turkmenistan/14.htm

http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=187

http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=187&pdf=Y

dunno where those IAF jets went to

[Hardrada]

9. Turkey has a place called Batman!!

I looked in vain for a Batgirl.

[ohio2007]

12. Syria is looking for a friend in the new Turkish administration

They are testing the new leadership;

snip
The Syrian government said last week that Israeli aircraft
entered Syrian airspace from the Mediterranean Sea
before dawn Thursday and jettisoned fuel tanks near the Turkish border as they broke the sound barrier.


A Lebanese newspaper reported Sunday that Syria began a large call-up of reserve soldiers in preparation for a possible military confrontation with Israel.



The An-Nahar daily said Syria was also spearheading a diplomatic campaign against Israel by sending its foreign minister to Ankara where he would present Turkish officials with concrete proof of Israel's aerial violation of Syrian airspace.

snip

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3447555,00.html

guess we will see how the new Turkish government interacts with the Turkish military by this first order of buisness handed them from across the southern border.


I suspect Syria has 'captured' several drop tanks on their own soil.

but no real targets were bagged


http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1301