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Swede

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Wed Jul 4, 2012, 10:48 PM Jul 2012

Assad Charges Turkey Protecting Israel

Syria’s embattled Bashar al-Assad said Wednesday that Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is meddling in Damascus’ affairs to protect Israel.

Why didn’t Erdogan “do anything after the Marmara ship incident except shouting? Why did he challenge Israel, and then suddenly agreed to deploy the missile shield in Turkey?” Assad asked during an interview with DP news.

“Did he deploy it in order to protect Turkey from the attack of a hostile country? Did America build these bases in order to protect itself against this region? Which country in the region has the capability to threaten America?

“No country,” Assad answered himself. “So, the answer is that he deployed it to protect Israel. These circumstances revealed Erdogan’s reality, no more, no less. Erdogan hasn’t changed.”

“What has changed is the way the people of the region look at him. He has failed on the Arab arena. He no longer exists, neither him nor his credibility,” Assad said.

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Assad Charges Turkey Protecting Israel (Original Post) Swede Jul 2012 OP
Dang, he sounds upset. bemildred Jul 2012 #1
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