Syria Masses Tanks on Turkey Border as Tensions Soar

by Jason Ditz
Antiwar.com
June 29, 2012

On Tuesday, Turkey deployed a number of tanks to their border with Syria, terming the nation a “clear and present threat” to the Turkish government’s security and vowing to shoot any Syrian troops perceived as “too close” to the border.

The tensions haven’t cooled since then, and Syria has now sent some 170 tanks to the Turkish border, just northwest of Aleppo, in an effort to fortify the area against a possible Turkish incursion. Free Syrian Army (FSA) leadership speculated that the tanks were planning to attack rebels in the area, but it doesn’t seem to be about them.

[CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE]

[hat tip: NWO Truth]