TURKEY SHOOTS DOWN RUSSIAN JET, CLASHES WITH RUSSIAN FORCES IN NW SYRIA

(Larger image by BBC <HERE>.)

GROUND FORCES OPENED FIRE ON THE HELPLESS PILOTS AFTER THEY EJECTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, AND WORD IS, BOTH ARE PROBABLY DEAD, ALTHOUGH RUSSIA HAD CONFIRMED THE DEATH OF ONLY ONE PILOT AND THE DEATH OF A MARINE IN A RESCUE HELICOPTER. 

WHAT A COWARDLY THING FOR TURKISH FORCES TO DO, SHOOT THEM AS THEY DRIFTED TO THE GROUND!

• NATO will hold an "extraordinary council meeting "at Turkey’s request. 
• The United States believes the Russian jet shot down by Turkey was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into Turkish airspace, a US official told Reuters. 
  The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the assessment was based on detection of the heat signature of the jet. 

• UPDATE, NOV. 25, 2015, 2:39pm CST:
  THE BBC REPORTS THAT THE CO-PILOT OF THE DOWNED RUSSIAN WARPLANE HAS BEEN RESCUED.
  
  THE BBC ALSO REPORTS THAT TURKISH OFFICIALS HAVE ADMITTED THAT, AT BEST, THE RUSSIAN WARPLANE THEY SHOT DOWN WAS IN TURKISH AIRSPACE FOR 17 SECONDS.  
  
• "US military officials said there were indications the downed plane entered Turkish airspace for a matter of seconds."
  
• TURKEY WAS UNDER NO THREAT FROM THIS JET AT ANY TIME.
  
  "We do not intend to go to war with Turkey," Sergei Lavrov assured the world.
  An angry crowd surrounded the Turkish embassy today, throwing eggs and stones, yelling at those inside they were "murderers".
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Photo of Russian jet after it was hit by Turkish forces near the syria-turkey border on November 24, 2015. (From Hurriyet Daily News)
There is also video at that website.

NOV. 24, 2015

THINGS ARE HEATING UP AGAIN IN THE SYRIAN CONFLICT.

TURKEY SHOT DOWN A RUSSIAN SU-24 JET AFTER IT CLAIMS THE AIRCRAFT VIOLATED TURKISH AIRSPACE.

RUSSIA DISAGREES THAT THE JET VIOLATED ANYTHING.

TWO RUSSIAN PILOTS EJECTED FROM THE CRAFT AND WERE SEEN LANDING BY PARACHUTE AFTER THE INCIDENT.

TURKISH FORCES TOOK ONE INTO CUSTODY AND THE OTHER IS UNACCOUNTED FOR.

"The jet crashed into tents in SYRIA, in a Latakia village near the Syrian border where Turkmens are currently staying, according to Turkmen sources.

Two pilots were seen landing with the aid of parachutes, the witnesses said.

One of the pilots have [SIC] been captured by Turkmen forces in the region, and the search for the second pilot continues, CNNTürk reported citing local sources."

FROM 'THE AUSTRALIAN' : 

THE Russian defence ministry has confirmed a warplane shot down by Turkey was Russian, Russian news agencies say.

"ACCORDING to the reports, the ministry said on Tuesday that the plane was on a bombing mission in Syria and crashed after it came under an artillery attack from the ground.

The RIA news agency cited Russia's defence ministry saying the downed fighter jet, an Su-24, did not violate Turkish airspace.

Turkish authorities say they warned the Russian plane several times before shooting it down."

THE GUARDIAN, UK, TELLS US TURKISH FIGHTER JETS BROUGHT DOWN THE RUSSIAN WARPLANE.

Turkey said its jets shot down a plane after it violated Turkey’s airspace. The jet was warned 10 times in the space of five minutes over airspace violations before it was shot down by F-16 fighter jets, the Turkish military said in a statement.

Russia’s defence ministry, in a series of tweets, confirmed a Russian SU-24 had been shot down, but insisted the plane had never left Syrian airspace.

“At all times, the SU-24 was exclusively over the territory of Syria … The SU-24 was at 6000 metres and preliminary information suggests it was brought down by fire from the ground. The circumstances are being investigated.”

The ministry said preliminary information suggested that the pilots managed to successfully eject from the plane.

Footage from private broadcaster Habertürk TV showed a warplane going down in flames in a woodland area, a long plume of smoke trailing behind it. The plane crashed in an area known by Turks as “Turkmen Mountain” in northern Syria near the border, Habertürk said."

IF THAT'S THE CASE, IF TURKEY SHOT DOWN THE RUSSIANS INSIDE SYRIA, THEN THE TURKS MAY AS WELL PREPARE FOR RETALIATION.

THEY REALLY HAVE NO CLUE WHAT RUSSIA MAY UNLEASH ON THEM, IN ANY CASE.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT PUTIN WILL SIMPLY SHRUG AND SAY, "OH, WELL, THINGS HAPPEN..." LIKE, POSSIBLY, OBAMA MIGHT IF IT WAS AMERICANS SHOT DOWN.

MR. PUTIN JUST MAY SAY....  "раскрыть ад" , AS HE SAID HE WOULD DO ON ISIS AFTER THEY CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR BLOWING UP THE RUSSIAN AIRBUS OVER EGYPT!
AND HE'D BE JUSTIFIED IN DOING SO, IF TURKEY HAS BLUNDERED ON THIS ONE.

WHOSE SIDE IS TURKEY ON?

ISIS' ?