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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

COLUMN-Russia's payback against Turkey over shoot-down may turn deadly

COLUMN-Russia's payback against Turkey over shoot-down may turn deadly

By Josh Cohen

Dec 15 (Reuters) - It was a clash with ominous Cold War overtones. Turkey's recent destruction of a Russian Su-24 jet was the first time in 63 years a NATO jet shot down a Russian one. Although Ankara claimed the jet was in Turkish territory, Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of a "stab in the back"and being "accomplices of terrorists."

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