NATO hopes Syrian downing of Turkish jet will not escalate

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DEBKAfile June 26, 2012, 12:59 PM (GMT+02:00)

The NATO meeting Tuesday was requested by Turkey after Syrian air defense batteries shot down a military jet, which Ankara claimed was on an unarmed training mission. Turkey did not ask the alliance for a military response, although its deputy prime minister Bulent Arinc said the shooting down of the plane “would not go unpunished.”

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