While Syria finally admitted it accidentally shot down a Turkish F-4 fighter jet on June 22, 2012, the BBC is reporting the shooting down of the jet was likely not an accident, even though Syria stated the Turkish jet flew into their territorial waters, thereby prompting the Syrian military air defense to shoot it down, claiming at the time, that as far as they were concerned, it was an unknown aircraft flying into their airspace. Although no one can say for sure, one of the many problems in Syria is that Syrian civilians are trying to escape the civil war by fleeing to Turkey. Could it be that the shooting down of the F-4 might have been Syria’s way of telling Turkey to mind its own business and to stop helping the Syrians cross the boarder? With no proof, its hard to say for certain either way.
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