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"Why They Didn't Fire Is A Mystery" - Coup Pilots Had Erdogan's Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
« on: July 19, 2016, 09:22:13 am »
"Why They Didn't Fire Is A Mystery" - Coup Pilots Had Erdogan's Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
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by Tyler Durden
Jul 17, 2016 11:18 PM


Looking back at the failed Turkish coup, one question that nobody has been able to answer is why, if the coup was indeed a serious attempt at government overthrow, did the organizers not do the first thing that military coups have done since time immemorial: either capture, or simply eliminate the existing ruler, the vacationing president Erdogan?

The following brief story will only add to the confusion (or maybe not).

As Reuters reports, at the height of the attempt to overthrow Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, the rebel pilots of two F-16 fighter jets had Erdogan's plane in their sights. And yet he was able to fly on.

The government narrative, completely fabricated as it may be, is the following:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-07-17/why-they-didnt-fire-mystery-coup-pilots-had-erdogans-plane-their-sights-and-did-noth

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Re: "Why They Didn't Fire Is A Mystery" - Coup Pilots Had Erdogan's Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2016, 02:06:17 pm »
The coup was a completely phony pretext
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Re: "Why They Didn't Fire Is A Mystery" - Coup Pilots Had Erdogan's Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2016, 02:17:10 pm »
Quote from: geronl on July 19, 2016, 02:06:17 pm
The coup was a completely phony pretext

That's my working hypothesis as well. Did we ever gtt to the bottom of Turkey's involvement in arms shipments out of Libya into Syria??
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Re: "Why They Didn't Fire Is A Mystery" - Coup Pilots Had Erdogan's Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2016, 02:25:05 pm »
Quote from: don-o on July 19, 2016, 02:17:10 pm
That's my working hypothesis as well. Did we ever gtt to the bottom of Turkey's involvement in arms shipments out of Libya into Syria??

No, but I still think it is the likeliest route.
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Re: "Why They Didn't Fire Is A Mystery" - Coup Pilots Had Erdogan's Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2016, 04:36:18 pm »
Quote from: geronl on July 19, 2016, 02:06:17 pm
The coup was a completely phony pretext
Then why tell us about this incident? it would make more sense to keep it quiet.
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Re: "Why They Didn't Fire Is A Mystery" - Coup Pilots Had Erdogan's Plane In Their Sights And Did Nothing
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2016, 04:40:26 pm »
Quote from: Idaho_Cowboy on July 19, 2016, 04:36:18 pm
Then why tell us about this incident? it would make more sense to keep it quiet.

This is the first and only time I have seen any F-16's linked to "rebels", as far as I know the Air Force was never involved except to shoot down helicopters belonging to the coup-side. Then again those soldiers who were deployed had no idea what side they were supposedly on.
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