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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Is Turkey moving toward 'hard power' over Syria? - CNN.com

Is Turkey moving toward 'hard power' over Syria?
By Mustafa Akyol, Special to CNN
June 28, 2012 -- Updated 0025 GMT (0825 HKT)

Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- The downing of a Turkish jet over the Mediterranean last Friday by a Syrian missile took Turkish-Syrian tensions to a new level. Though the Turkish government did not declare war as some expected, and others feared, it did declare Syria a "clear and present danger" and raised its rules of engagement to an alert level.

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