| inbluevt | Date: Monday, 2013/08/26, 12:32 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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What would happen if NATO intervenes in Syria? Turkey, for one, fears that it could be attacked with chemical weapons in retaliation. The country has criticised the United Nations for being too hesitant and is willing to take action itself against Assad -- without a UN mandate if necessary.
Since the nerve gas attack in Syria last Wednesday, in which hundreds of people were reportely killed near the capital Damascus, politicians and generals in Turkey have been asking a frightening question: If the situation escalates, for exampleif the US carries out a military strike, would Syria fight back? Andwould Syrian President Bashar Assad dare to attack Turkey, and therefore
NATO, using chemical weapons?
Such a course of action is seen to be "unlikely but definitely possible", according to an official at the Turkish Defense Ministry in Ankara. In recent days, the government has strengthened precautions against a nerve gas attack in the country's southern regions along the border with Syria. "Our armed forces are aware," he says. Turkish media have reported that troops have been conducting exercises in preparation
for the worst.
From a Turkish perspective, the international community is not doing enough in the Syrian conflict. After news of the nerve gas attack emerged, President Abdullah Gül urged the international community to take concrete steps to stem the bloodshed in Syria, while Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the UN of inactivity.
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Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan: "How do you get to talk about democracy, global values human rights?"
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