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[Mills Chapman]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5008178.stm

A shame. It was over disputed airspace.

[cypezokyli]

"The two foreign ministers expressed their regret at today's incident and agreed that this should not affect the two countries' efforts to improve their relations," a Greek foreign ministry statement said.

lets hope maturity will prevail

[NeverSayGoodbye]

Airspace dispute? It was Greek airspace and it was a spy mission.

[Strahd]

Airspace dispute? It was Greek airspace and it was a spy mission.

The turkish pilot was carrying portable gun which is only done when in operational missions and not training.

[Piratis]

It was over disputed airspace.

What does it mean "disputed"? If Turkey tomorrow decides that they don't recognize any nation that means that the whole world becomes disputed?

Maybe Turkey doesn't like her current borders and she wants to continue with her expansionist policies but this doesn't mean there is anything "disputed" by anybody else apart from Turkey.

So Mills, what USA would do if lets say Russia, decided that part of the USA airspace is "disputed" and they send their fighter jets in?

[Dee]

I'm tired of Turkey being allowed to do as it please's. No one does anything because they are supported by the damn Americans and Jews! Had it been a Greek spy plane over Turkey what do you think would have happened!? there's no way Turkey would accept Greece's condolences. A Greek Citizen, a fellow human being has died, again at the hands of Turkey's ignorent arogent and BARBARIC way.

[cypezokyli]

for international media , and foreign politicians it is "disputed".
only greeks and turks are sure that they are the ones who are "right"
this stupidity would sooner or later lead to an episode like that , and up to now i congratulate the army and political leadership of the two countries that chose not to escalate the incident.

[Mills Chapman]

Okay, so I parroted the BBC's word choice. I simply wanted to bring the story to CF with the briefest of sentences to describe it.

If Turkey, and Russia in your example, don't agree with us, then by nature of the word's definition, it is a dispute. I'm not looking at your beliefs or mine but at what the dictionary says.

[NeverSayGoodbye]

for international media , and foreign politicians it is "disputed".
only greeks and turks are sure that they are the ones who are "right"
this stupidity would sooner or later lead to an episode like that , and up to now i congratulate the army and political leadership of the two countries that chose not to escalate the incident.

Somebody died and he had a family.

[reportfromcyprus]

Tragic, I pray for this to never happen again.