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Monday, July 02, 2012

Russian Technicians Involved in Syria Downing Turkish jet: Report

2K12 KubRussian specialists were involved in the dropping of the Turkish jet last week, the Sunday Tisunday timesmes reported on Sunday.

Citing Middle Eastern diplomatic sources, the Times reported that the decision to down the Turkish jet was intended to signal a warning to NATO to stay out of the conflict raging in Syria for over a year.

The paper said that Russia has supplied Syria with advanced anti-aircraft missile systems three years ago, adding it was believed that some Russian specialists are still stationed at the missile battery control centers, where they had trained the Syrian forces to use the missiles.

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