Zev Porat

Thursday, June 28, 2012

WAR DRUMS - Turkey deploys anti-aircraft guns at Syria border

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan gestures while sitting in the cockpit of Hurkus (Freebird), Turkey's first locally produced military training plane, a two-seat turboprop plane, unveiled during a ceremony outside Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Erdogan kept up his pressure on Syria on Wednesday, saying “we would never hesitate to respond with all our power to hostile acts, attacks and threats against us.” (AP Photo)
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey deployed anti-aircraft guns and other weapons alongside its border with Syria, state television reported on Thursday, days after the downing of a Turkish militaryjet by Syrian forces heightened the tensions between the two countries.
A small convoy of military trucks, towing anti-aircraft guns, entered into a military outpost in the border village of Guvecci, which faces a Syrian military outpost across the border and where Syrian forces and rebels clashed in recent months, TRT television footage showed.
Several anti-aircraft guns have also been deployed elsewhere alongside the border. Some trucks were seen carrying self-propelled multiple rocket launchers, TRT footage showed.

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