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Syria: Turkey request for missiles 'new act of provocation'

Syria’s foreign ministry accused Ankara of causing “tension and destruction”.

SYRIA SAID TODAY that plans by Turkey to site Patriot missiles along its border was “a new act of provocation,” while allies Iran and Russia warned the move would complicate the situation and could spark a regional conflagration.

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen reacted by reassuring Moscow that any such deployment would be a “defensive only” measure.

Turkey turned to its NATO partners earlier this week to request the deployment of the surface-to-air Patriot missiles to protect its troubled border with Syria, which is engulfed in a war that has cost some 40,000 lives.

Syria’s foreign ministry accused Ankara of causing “tension and destruction,” with state television quoted an official as calling it a “a new act of provocation.”

Syria holds (Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip) Erdogan responsible for the militarisation of the situation at the border between Syria and Turkey, and the increase of tension.

Syria has long accused Turkey of harbouring, financing and arming rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad.

In Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that any deployment of Patriots by Turkey may create a temptation to use the weapons and spark a “very serious armed conflict” involving NATO.

“I understand that no one has any intention to see NATO get sucked into the Syrian crisis,” Lavrov said. But “the more arms are being accumulated, the greater the risk that they will be used.”

NATO spokesman Carmen Romero later said Rasmussen had told Lavrov by telephone that such a deployment “would in no way support a no-fly zone or any offensive operations.”

“Such a deployment would augment Turkey’s air defence capabilities to defend the population and territory of Turkey,” Rasmussen told Lavrov.

But Iran’s foreign ministry accused Turkey of aggravating the situation. “Not only does it not help resolve the situation in Syria but it will also aggravate and complicate the situation,” spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said, quoted on state television.

“The insistence (of certain countries) to resolve the Syrian crisis through military means is the main cause of tensions and threats in the region,” he said.

- © AFP, 2012

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    Mute Aine O Connor
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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:10 PM

    Everyone was falling over themselves praising David Beckham when he joined the queue for the Queens wake. Not so impressed now that he would take 10 million and be involved in any way with this fiasco of a World Cup. Money is the root of all evil.

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    Mute Maurice Bourke
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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:25 PM

    @Aine O Connor: you quote is in complete. Money is not the root of all evil. The quote is “the love of money is the root of all evil.” Meaning that insatiable greed that causes evil and not the money itself.

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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:36 PM

    @Maurice Bourke: think u missed the point there

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    Nov 21st 2022, 4:07 PM

    @Maurice Bourke: yea, i think we get what she meant, Mr Pedantic.

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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:38 PM

    Fair play to him 6500 workers died in the making of this so called entertainment….you’d think Beckham has enough money at this stage of his life

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    Nov 21st 2022, 5:07 PM

    @Michael Nolan: Beckham would endorse ISIS if they offered him enough money.

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    Nov 22nd 2022, 12:14 AM

    @Michael Nolan: that’s not really true though….

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    Nov 21st 2022, 2:59 PM

    I’m getting tired of this guy

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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:44 PM

    @Mick Hyland: Beckham? Yeah me too. Overrated as a footballer and worse as a human it turns out.

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    Nov 21st 2022, 7:38 PM

    @Gearóid MacEachaidh: Joe is self serving here. A poor stunt, in poor taste. DB along with many many others will profit from from this WC. Where was Joe and his ilk for the last 12 years since Quater were awarded the WC? Silent.

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    Nov 21st 2022, 9:22 PM

    @2thFairy: how exactly is he self serving? And Beckham didn’t agree his deal with Qatar 12 years ago, how could he complain about Beecham taking blood money before he knew he was going to? Not to mention Lycett was still at college then. He and others have spoken out against Qatar being awarded multiple times in the last number of years. Not sure what you’re on about here to be honest.

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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:36 PM

    Fair play to him highlighting the terrible conditions for workers over there and the gay community’s plight … you’d think that guy Beckham would have enough money at this stage of his life ..dragged into the sunshine now…

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    Nov 21st 2022, 4:02 PM

    The money was about as real as the moral high ground that Lynette is standing on.

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    Nov 21st 2022, 9:46 PM

    @Martin O Connell: good call

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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:28 PM

    Cheapest publicity stunt ever

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    Nov 21st 2022, 2:52 PM

    A fake faker…was it fake or is his publicity costing him another 10k

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    Nov 21st 2022, 3:37 PM

    Fun he is – fool he isn’t!

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    Nov 21st 2022, 10:53 PM

    Gay issues should not take over the world cup, especially as they dont watch it.

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    Nov 22nd 2022, 12:48 AM

    What if Beckham was to donate the 10 million he is earning from his appearance in Qatar to a gay charity. Would all be forgiven then I wonder?

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