Russia and China: Double Veto at UN- Susan Rice hissy fit http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2011/10/russia-and-china-double-veto-at-un.html

TURKEY HOLDS MILITARY DRILLS NEAR SYRIAN BORDERS ON WEDNESDAY http://www.namnewsnetwork.org/v2/read.php?id=172255

Turkey has said it will carry out military exercises near the borders with Syria Wednesday at a time Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is scheduled to visit the camps of Syrian refugees later on this week. Turkish land forces will be conducting the drills in the southern Antakya province to test the readiness of the reserve forces, the army command said in a statement on Tuesday. The 39th Mechanised Infantry Brigade and the reserve squad will take part in the drills which would last until Oct 13, it added. These are the first of a kind exercise carried out by the Turkish army near the Syrian borders.

The drills will be held as Erdogan announced he would be visiting the Syrian refugees in Antakya, estimated at 7,000, by the end of this week to get acquainted with their living conditions. Relations between Ankara and Damascus are tense because of the protests in Syrian cities. The protests forced thousands of Syrians to flee to Turkey. Turkey has warned its southern neighbour that the way it was handling the protests would spark chaos in the region. Turkey has already banned weapons' exports to Syria and is currently coordinating with the US to impose penalties on the government in Damascus.

[FROM APENNYFORYOURTHOUGHTS.BLOGSPOT....ALSO SEE..

[Turkey, was going to call off the destabilization campaign if Bashir Assad agree to place Muslim Brotherhood adherents in the government. ] Read on... http://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2011/09/syrians-egg-ambassador-and-flunkie.html

"Ankara asked Damascus to offer the Muslim Brotherhood government posts in exchange for Turkey's support in ending rallies in Syria, an offer rejected by Bashar al-Assad, officials and diplomats said.

["Ending the rallies in Syria?"How could Turkey "end the rallies" unless they were fomenting and supporting them?]