My Comment:  This is significant, in many ways.  Turkey has recently banned twitter and facebook from the country.  I would have to ask why?  These are moves usually done ahead of things such as the ‘Arab Spring.’  Or maybe to control what news is coming into the country or going out.  Turkey remember is fighting for the head of a new caliphate.  It bears watching.

(Israel National News) Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish F-16 fighter jets shot down a Syrian military jet which had violated its airspace Sunday.  The incident reportedly took place near Yayladağı, a district of the southern Hatay province, in an area where Syrian   rebels and government forces have been fighting for control of a border crossing.

According to Turkey’s Sunday Zaman, the shooting down of the jet may be a government effort to gain political scores ahead of a local vote that is scheduled to take place on March 30.  Citing Turkish officials, NTV reported that Turkish air defense system shot down a Syrian warplane after its incursion to the Turkish territory.

The incident came as Turkish government was mulling options to briefly intervene in Syria to protect the tomb of Süleyman Şah, the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire, whose security is provided by the Turkish troops as part of an agreement with the Syrian authorities

Read the full article with video via Turkey: We Shot Down Syrian Jet – Middle East – News – Israel National News.

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