[putupjob]

I can only recommend that Turkey fire back.

[bnelson44]

They fire a scud over Turkey and that is suppose to taunt the US? What about the Turkey?

[TexanToTheCore]

Suggestion for Bashir:

Don't mess with Turkey. They're Nato grade, without the Mr. Rogers personality.

[Right Angler]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[paul51]

Let the Turks worry about it. They stiffed us in Afghanistan. NATO or not, who needs allies like them?

[LoudRepublicangirl]

The Turkish foreign ministry said Syria had assured it that the incident was "just an accident'' during routine military training


I hope that Turkey doesn't really fall for that. Otherwise Syria will be conducting "test shots" on a regular basis.

[tet68]

In reply to Syria's charge of US/Israeli complicity in
the massive and unexplained explosions in the Bekaa valley,
the US and Israeli representatives were quoted today as
saying the incident was "just an accident'' during routine military training.

[TennCon]

This sounds like an evil Bush ploy to get Turkey to handle our light work. Bet Karl Rove thought it up!

[Flavius]

Ahh, Turks, let us down. But not sure if its very smart on the Syrian part to upset the Turks..

That place is an em-battlement camp... Hmm... Well odd indeed.

[kjam22]

Syria gets it... our lame duck administration can't do anything about what Syria does. It's all politics.

[Graybeard58]

Is everyone missing this:

raises dramatically the likelihood of pre-emptive Israeli military action.

Why should Turkey "fire back"?

[DocRock]

Well, since a Koran wasn't desecrated by a member of the U.S. Armed Forces during this incident, then this won't make the front page news or the Sunday talk show circuit. /sacr

[skeeter]

One missile was fired towards the Mediterranean, the Israeli officials said, and broke up over the Turkish province of Hatay, shedding debris over two villages.

Syria shot a scud over Turkey to snub the US?

Whatever.

[saquin]

Syria fires Scuds over Turkey 'to taunt US'

Someone needs to inform Syria, in the immortal words of Jim Croce:

"Don't tug on Superman's cape..."

[Grateful One]

Is there something that Syria knows (about sizing up Bush)that the rest of us have yet to learn?

Or could it be the "straw that breaks the camels back"?

[Wiz]

I wouldn't be surprised if the Turks were teaming with Syria to taunt US. In fact, Syria enhanced its relationship with Turkey months ago. When our projectiles landed on Turkey long ago, there was a protest by the Turks, but I hear no news about protests against Syria for this case. I think the Turks have a great double standard to be soft on their anti-American Muslim brothers.

[Wiz]

Well anyways, if they ever attempt it to land on Iraq, that will allow US and Iraq to fight together to raid Syria. Let them do it again.

[DocRock]

Does anyone see a strange coincidence?

Weapons Equipment Missing In Iraq
Associated Press June 3, 2005 LINK

"UNITED NATIONS - U.N. satellite imagery experts have determined that material that could be used to make biological or chemical weapons and banned long-range missiles has been removed from 109 sites in Iraq, U.N. weapons inspectors said in a report obtained Thursday."

The UN says that there is some missing missile stuff in Iraq, (implies it is the US's fault), then a day later, the Syrians pop one off?

[schaketo]

Syria has staged a defiant display of strategic firepower by test-firing Scud missiles Association of Muslim Scholars

How about a couple of daisy cutters rectally inserted as a defiant display of strategic firepower from a B52 at drop zone altitude?

[righttackle44]

"Syria Fires Scuds Over Turkey 'To Taunt US'"

Oh, help. I'm taunted. I'm soooo taunted.
How do you get untaunted?