Seeking "revenge," Russian forces hunt for pilot's killer in Syria-Turkey border town

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[Trumpinator]

Russia hunts for pilot's killer in Syria-Turkey border town

Published January 27, 2016 FoxNews.com

Seeking "revenge," Russian forces stormed a Syrian town on the border with Turkey hunting for the attacker who claimed he shot and killed the pilot of a downed Russian jet, state media reported Monday.

A Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down the Russian aircraft near the Turkish border north of Latakia, Syria on Nov. 24, a senior U.S. official tells Fox News. Soon afterwards, Turkish citizen Alparslan Çelik said in a video that he killed the pilot on the ground because Russia had been dropping bombs minutes before the jet was downed.

"There is no place for a person who has bombed civilian Turkmens every day," Çelik said, according to Turkey's Hurriyet Daily News. He reportedly added, "Reprisal is the most natural right."

Russia claims special forces rescued the other man on the jet, a navigator.

State media report the gunman is in the town of Rabia, in Latakia province, which Syrian government forces recently recaptured from rebel fighters.

Russian president Vladimir Putin's government did not make clear what would happen to Çelik if soldiers found him, but they were looking to "take revenge," according to state media.

[Trumpinator]

See Berlin, 1945.

[2banana]

I am thinking the Russians ROE are slightly different than American...

[driftdiver]

I bet they won’t be charged with murder for killing the enemy.

[McGruff]

I’m surprised that whole area hasn’t assumed room temperature. Putin is getting soft.

[Vigilanteman]

I'm thinking that the dictator of Russia puts the interests of Russia first whereas the dictator of America puts the interests of America last.

It is all a question of priorities.

[WENDLE]

They are doing it the correct way. They will succeed while obama stands around with his finger up his nose.

[Trumpinator]

I bet they won’t be charged with murder for killing the enemy.

He will probably be "charged" with battery cables to his privates.

[Ciexyz]

One world leader fights to win.

[Ciexyz]

The guy that shot a captured pilot committed a war crime by all international standards.

[DiogenesLamp]

Seeking "revenge," Russian forces hunt for pilot's killer in Syria-Turkey border town

Good for them. This is how a rational nation deals with this sort of thing.

[baltimorepoet]

Good for them. This is how a rational nation deals with this sort of thing.

A rational nation being not hell-bent on multiculturalist suicide like western European countries, that is willing to fight back against the Orcs. I don't think Putin is the kind to cry over the smell of burnt Orc in the morning. He is old school... kill them all and let God sort it out. He is a Russian nationalist, not some GLOBALIST. The US needs a leader who is an American nationalist and not some GLOBALIST like Obama, Hillary or Bloomberg. My definition of a globalist is someone who favors global power over national power, favors national power over state power, favors state power over local power, and favors local power over individual power. There is a pecking order.

[blam]

I hope they crucify the killers.

[RightGeek]

[BuffaloJack]

Good hunting.

[JOAT]

"Putin is getting soft playing it smart."

The tremendous psychological value of this is beyond measure.

You commit a war crime, we come looking for YOU, personally.

We bring a large contingent of troops to hunt YOU down.

No anonymity whatsoever, you filthy Muslime criminal.

[Polynikes]

“He will probably be “charged” with battery cables to his privates. “

He will be focused.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dCcNhCqzMM

[Trumpinator]

Even if this guy fled to Turkey - the Russians will never let him rest.

[GBA]

One world leader fights to win.

All world leaders fight to win, it's just a matter of who they fight and who considers their victories wins, too.

Putin fights for his interests and his interests seem to coincidentally agree with the Russian people, too.

Can't say the same for Merkel, for example, and who knows who or what obama is fighting for.

[DesertRhino]

If anything, he would be easier to get in Turkey.

[DiogenesLamp]

He is a Russian nationalist, not some GLOBALIST. The US needs a leader who is an American nationalist and not some GLOBALIST like Obama, Hillary or Bloomberg.

Agreed.