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posted by on Monday December 19 2016, @09:17PM   Printer-friendly

The New York Times is reporting:

Russia's ambassador to Turkey was assassinated at an Ankara art exhibit on Monday evening by a lone Turkish gunman shouting "God is great!" and "don't forget Aleppo, don't forget Syria!" in what Russia called a terrorist attack.

The gunman, who was described by Ankara's mayor as a policeman, also wounded at least three others in the assault, which was captured on Turkish video. Turkish officials said he was killed by other officers in a shootout.

Reuters adds:

"The attack comes at a bad time: Moscow and Ankara have only recently restored diplomatic ties after Turkey downed a Russian aircraft in November 2015," the Stratfor think-tank said.

"Though the attack will strain relations between the two countries, it is not likely to rupture them altogether."

[...] Tensions have escalated in recent weeks as Russian-backed Syrian forces have fought for control of the eastern part of Aleppo, triggering a stream of refugees.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Sulla on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:45AM

    by Sulla (5173) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @01:45AM (#443484) Journal

    Of the two lawyers you mentioned one got us involved deeper in an endless war that he promised to end, cost us countless freedoms and took pride in trampling all over the constitution. The other was Richard M. Nixon.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @02:53AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @02:53AM (#443511)

    Yay, Conservatives! Boo Liberals!

    Oh I meant Yay, Liberals! Boo Conservatives!

    Ok, this is the kind of non-thinking that does not solve any problems.

    • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Tuesday December 20 2016, @03:15PM

      by tangomargarine (667) on Tuesday December 20 2016, @03:15PM (#443815)

      If you'd bothered to read the post, it was about lawyers, not partisanship.

      Unless you can show us some other lawyers that got us embroiled in major wars. Wasn't Lincoln a lawyer? Oops, another Republican! (although not really the same Republican party)

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