{"article":{"id":253728,"heading":"Clinton targets Syria: "We will go against those that threaten Turkey and Turkish lives"","author":"Cem Ert\u00fcr","created":"2012-06-10 06:04:26","modified":"2026-10-25 17:02:54","last_modified":"Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:02:54","article":"
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\r\nToday's Zaman, 8 June 2012
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\r\nToday's Zaman, 26 March 2012
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\r\nClinton\r\ntargets Syria: \"We will go against\r\nthose that threaten Turkey and Turkish lives\" <\/span>
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\r\n[8 June 2012]
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“[B]oth\r\nthe foreign minister [of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu] and I are committed to\r\nmaking sure both of our governments are as focused and coordinated as\r\nwe can be going against those that threaten Turkey and Turkish\r\nlives.”
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\r\n[US\r\nForeign Minister Hillary Clinton, joint press conference with\r\nTurkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, Istanbul, 7 June\r\n2012<\/span>]  [1]
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“\r\n[G]iven the violation of Turkish borders and national security [by\r\nSyria], all scenarios and alternatives will be considered.”
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\r\n[Turkey’s\r\nForeign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, joint press conference with US\r\nForeign Minister Hillary Clinton, Istanbul, 7 June 2012<\/span>] \r\n[2]
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“Al-Asad's\r\nregime is finished. […]  We have been patient with\r\nSyria so far, but if the government makes any more mistakes on the\r\n[Turkish-Syrian] border, then that will be an issue for NATO as\r\nenshrined in Article 5.” (*)
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\r\n[Turkey’s\r\nPrime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, interview with Corriere\r\ndella Sera on board aeroplane\r\nflying from Adana to Ankara, 5 May 2012<\/span>]\r\n [3]
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\r\n(*)  Article 5 of The\r\nNorth Atlantic Treaty (1949)\r\nstates that an attack on any North
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\r\n[1]  Remarks with Foreign\r\nMinister Ahmet Davutoglu after their meeting<\/span>
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\r\nU.S. Department of State website, 7 June 2012
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary\/rm\/2012\/06\/191938.htm
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\r\n[2]  Turkey, US condemn Assad\r\nregime’s brutal violence in Syria<\/span>
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\r\nby Lamiya Adilgizi, Today’s Zaman, 7 June 2012
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\r\nhttp:\/\/www.todayszaman.com\/news-282852-.html
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\r\n[3]  Turkish PM may seek NATO\r\naid if Syria \"makes any more mistakes\" - Italian paper<\/span>
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\r\nBBC Monitoring European, 7 May 2012
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\r\nby Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 8 June 2012
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\r\nby Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, 28 May 2012
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\r\nby Rick Rozoff, Stop NATO, 12 April 2012
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\r\nPresident\r\nObama threatens Iran and Syria: \"I will always stand with Israel\"<\/span>
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\r\nby Cem Ertür, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center,\r\n25 April 2012
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\r\nby Cem Ertür, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center,\r\n16 March 2012
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\r\nTurkish\r\ndaily: Turkey’s plan to finish off Assad<\/span>
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\r\nby Cem Ertür, San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center,\r\n11 February 2012
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