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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.
"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.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 20 2016, @02:53AM
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
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)
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"