Infowars
October 4, 2012
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has asked the
United States to impose an immediate “no fly zone” over areas of Syria
in the aftermath of a mortar attack which killed five Turkish civilians,
according to a report by Israeli intelligence outfit DebkaFile.
Following the attack, which evidence suggests was
actually carried out by FSA rebels and not Syrian forces, Erdogan “Asked
Washington….whether the Syrian attack would serve as the pretext for
imposing a no-fly zone over northern and central Syria with US Air Force
participation,” according to the report.
Obama administration officials flatly refused Erdogan’s
request, citing recent intelligence which suggests that Syrian President
Bashar Assad will not be able to hold on to power for any longer than
six months.
As we saw with Libya, a “no fly zone” is merely a euphemism for aerial bombardment and aggressive regime change.
Having been denied the no fly zone, Turkey responded by
using artillery barrages to carve out a 10 kilometer deep buffer strip
inside Syria, targeting military bases and outposts.
Although Washington refused to back a no fly zone, they
did give the green light for Turkey to launch its own attacks inside
Syrian territory, a move that was rubber stamped by the Turkish
parliament earlier today. The buffer zone will allow opposition
fighters, many of whom are Al-Qaeda terrorists, to more easily acquire weapons to conduct terrorist bombings in Aleppo and Damascus.
