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Turkmen forces in Syria shot dead pilots of downed Russian jet: deputy commander
Yahoo News ^ | 11/24/2015 | Staff

Posted on 11/24/2015 10:58:50 AM PST by Red Badger

YAMADI, Syria (Reuters) - Turkmen forces in Syria shot dead the two pilots of a Russian jet downed by Turkish warplanes near the border with Turkey on Tuesday as they descended with parachutes, a deputy commander of a Turkmen brigade told reporters.

"Both of the pilots were retrieved dead. Our comrades opened fire into the air and they died in the air," Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade said near the Syrian village of Yamadi as he held what he said was a piece of a pilot's parachute.

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1 posted on 11/24/2015 10:58:50 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

OK so 3 pilots dead
2 Fighter jet and 1 rescue helo


2 posted on 11/24/2015 11:00:11 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Red Badger
He sure sounds proud.
3 posted on 11/24/2015 11:01:49 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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To: Red Badger

...” Alpaslan Celik, a deputy commander in a Syrian Turkmen brigade said near the Syrian village of Yamadi as he held what he said was a piece of a pilot’s parachute.’

12 HOURS FROM NOW HEAD LINE READS... SYRIAN VILLAGE OF YAMADI PULVERIZED AND LEVELED BY UNKNOWN EXPLOSIONS...


4 posted on 11/24/2015 11:02:16 AM PST by Walkingfeather
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To: Red Badger
Meanwhile the American media is reporting either that they are both alive or one died in the crash and the other is alive. If the Turkmen statement is accurate, the Obama media will want to suppress it since it is so inflammatory.
5 posted on 11/24/2015 11:02:30 AM PST by Truth29
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To: Cowboy Bob

he and his family will pay dearly and I would say that is strike two for the little two bit sodomite in the oval office.


6 posted on 11/24/2015 11:08:19 AM PST by The_Republic_Of_Maine (politicians beware)
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To: silverleaf

So From what I read
The plane got ten warnings
it was over Turkey for only 17 seconds based on radar
Both pilots punched out but we shot by ground forces as they hung in the air
A rescue helicopter was blown up by muzzies using missiles provided by the USA
Putin is evil
We support some of the rebels or terrorist
I hope we aren’t supporting ISIS but I fear we are regardless of Putin
Why are we involved with the Syrian rebels anyway? I don’t they they are the good guys if there are any there.


7 posted on 11/24/2015 11:10:55 AM PST by KSCITYBOY
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To: Red Badger

I fully expect that we are going to be fully involved in WWIII here real damn soon.


8 posted on 11/24/2015 11:10:57 AM PST by chris37 (heartless)
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To: chris37

I have a feeling Putin is going to round up several hundred Daesh captives and put on some reciprocal action in pc speek.


9 posted on 11/24/2015 11:14:21 AM PST by Daniel Ramsey (Trump to win! He wins, we win, the nation wins!)
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To: Red Badger

Pilots who have parachuted from warplanes and are not actively shooting are classified as non-combatants under the Geneva convention.

Is Turkey a signer on that document? They just committed two war crimes if they are. And that’s a bit more serious in this case as they aren’t involved in a declared war with Russia.


10 posted on 11/24/2015 11:14:23 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Life is good.)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Can they try to drag NATO into this when they shot first?


11 posted on 11/24/2015 11:18:54 AM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: Red Badger

The Turkmen brigade will soon die very badly..


12 posted on 11/24/2015 11:20:34 AM PST by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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To: Red Badger
Who wrote that headline!

Sounds like they shot the already dead pilots for fun.

13 posted on 11/24/2015 11:23:13 AM PST by TexasCajun (#BlackViolenceMatters)
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To: Walkingfeather
12 HOURS FROM NOW HEAD LINE READS... SYRIAN VILLAGE OF YAMADI PULVERIZED AND LEVELED BY UNKNOWN EXPLOSIONS...

12 HOURS FROM NOW HEAD LINE READS... SYRIAN VILLAGE OF YAMADI PULVERIZED AND LEVELED BY BM-21s, TOR-1s, SU-25s, TU-22Ms, and Iskandar IRBMs fired from Russia.

14 posted on 11/24/2015 11:24:29 AM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: TexasCajun
Who wrote that headline!

In all likelihood a graduate of the School of Journalism of the University of Missouri.

15 posted on 11/24/2015 11:26:52 AM PST by TYVets
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To: Red Badger


16 posted on 11/24/2015 11:36:38 AM PST by anymouse (God didn't write this sitcom we call life, he's just the critic.)
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To: TexasCajun

English grammar is not taught in journalism schools.............


17 posted on 11/24/2015 11:58:06 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: sheik yerbouty

.......or GOODLY.................


18 posted on 11/24/2015 11:58:28 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: SaxxonWoods

Terrorists aren’t signatories to the Geneva Convention.....................


19 posted on 11/24/2015 11:59:12 AM PST by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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