Hurriyet
Daily News, 25 February 2013
Der
Tagesspiegel, 25 February 2013
[caption]
On the first stop of her trip to Turkey, German Chancellor Angela
Merkel visited the 320 German soldiers [stationed] in Kahramanmaras in
southern Turkey. The German Army “Bundeswehr” is
part of NATO’s “Active Fence Turkey”
mission with its “Patriot” [missile] defense
squadrons protecting Turkey against Syrian missile
attacks.
[Note:
Excerpt translated from German by Cem Ertür]
Khaleej
Times, 25 February 2013
Notes:
* 'Hurriyet Daily News' is
the English-language edition of the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet
* 'Der Tagesspiegel' is a newspaper published in
Germany
* 'Khaleej Times' is an English-language
newspaper published in the United Arab Emirates
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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/02/26/18732791.php
Merkel's
visit: Germany and Turkey at the forefront of NATO's war
propaganda against Syria
Propaganda
alert
compiled
by Cem Ertür
26
February 2013
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1)
German
President Merkel: Mr Assad no longer has a future, his time is up
(24 February 2013)
2)
German Defense Minister de Maiziere: If Syria were to do
anything stupid, the entire NATO would respond
(23 February 2013)
3)
Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan: Assad is a mute devil
(24 February 2013)
Once
the U.S., German and Dutch Patriot missile batteries in
south Turkey became operational under NATO command, first the defense
ministers of Germany, Netherlands and Turkey, then Germany's Prime
Minister Merkel visited those
sites located some 100-120 km
from the Turkish-Syrian border. A visit
by the U.S. Foreign
Minister Kerry is due to follow. Furthermore, the “Syrian
National Coalition”
will be holding a meeting
in Istanbul
to nominate the “Prime
Minister” of
the “interim government”.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s Prime Minister Erdogan is continuing
his vitriolic attacks against Syria’s President al-Assad in
an effort to cover up his government's monumental war crimes against
Syria.
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“In
view of the terrible events the impression is mounting that China and
Russia realize that Mr Assad no longer has a future, that his time is
up and that there must be a democratic government.”
[German
Prime Minister Angela Merkel speaking to German troops operating NATO
Patriot missiles in Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, 24 February 2013]
[1]
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“If
anyone in Syria were trying to do anything stupid, we would not just
have Turkey, Germany or the Netherlands standing here, but the entire
NATO.”
[German
Defense Minister Thomas de Maiziere's statement at NATO Patriot missile
unit in
Kahramanmaras, southern Turkey, 23 February 2013.
Defense Ministers Thomas de Maiziere (Germany), Jeanine
Hennis-Plasschaert (Netherlands) and Ismet Yilmaz (Turkey) paid a joint
visit to the Dutch and German Patriot missile units in Adana and
Kahramanmaras.]
[2]
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"We
will not remain silent in the face of the cruel dictator, the mute
devil, who mercilessly carried out massacres against his own people,
but who has remained silent and unresponsive towards those who have
occupied his own territories for decades." (*)
[Turkey’s
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speech at Government
Communications Forum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 24 February 2013]
[3]
(*)
Mr Erdogan refers to 45-year Israeli occupation of the Syrian territory
of Golan Heights.
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Notes:
[1]
Merkel:
China, Russia seeing Syrian president's time is up
by
Andreas Rinke and Alexandra Hudson, Reuters, 24 February 2013
[2]
LEAD:
Merkel arrives in Turkey for talks on Syria, EU Eds: Recasts with
arrival, changes dateline
Europe
Online, 24 February 2013
[3]
Assad
is a ‘mute devil’: Turkish PM
by
Afkar Abdullah, Khaleej Times, 25 February 2013
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From
the archives:
A
Zionist in disguise: Prime Minister Erdogan’s phony
anti-Israel rhetoric
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 30 November 2012
Turkish
daily: NATO airbase in Turkey to assume a central role in a possible
war on Syria
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 2 November 2012
"We
struck Syria": Turkish press jubilant as Turkey marches to war
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 4 October 2012
Top US general: Turkey is facing an immediate threat to its Syrian
border
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 19 September 2012
Clinton targets Syria: "We will go against those that threaten Turkey
and Turkish lives"
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 8 June 2012
Turkish
daily: Turkey’s plan to finish off Assad
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 11 February 2012
Turkey’s
final warning to Syria: Tomorrow may be too late for reforms
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 18 June 2011
Turkey’s top officials: A new regime should be established in
Libya
by Cem
Ertür, Indybay, 25 May 2011
President
Gul: NATO missile plan is in line with our expectations
by Cem
Ertür, 911Blogger.com, 22 November 2010
Once again, a CSIS report designates Turkey as the optimum route for a
possible Israeli attack on Iran
by Cem
Ertür, Dandelion Salad, 30 March 2010
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