Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said today (October 5, 2012) that Turkey was "not far" from war with Syria following cross-border attacks by both countries this week -- words that imply that a war between Turkey and Syria may occur soon -- according to the Reuters website.
In a belligerent speech to a crowd in Istanbul today, Erdogan warned the Assad government it would be making "a fatal mistake" if it continued to attack Turkey.
Erdogan's speech followed a Syrian mortar barrage on a town in southeast Turkey that killed five Turks on October 2. In response, Turkish artillery bombarded Syrian military targets on October 3 and 4 -- killing several Syrian soldiers -- and the Turkish parliament authorized cross-border military action by Turkey.
"We are not interested in war, but we're not far from it either," the Turkish prime minister said in his speech.
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