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Generational Dynamics Web Log for 7-Aug-2011
7-Aug-11 World View -- Turkey's patience runs out over Syria

Web Log - August, 2011

7-Aug-11 World View -- Turkey's patience runs out over Syria

Navy SEAL team killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com.

Turkey says that 'patience is running out' over Syria's savagery

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (Zaman)

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (Zaman)

For months, there's been talk that Turkey might invade Syria to create a "buffer zone" on Syrian soil to which people can flee. Now Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Syria next week to pass a stark warning to President Bashar al-Assad that Turkey will not remain a bystander if the five-month crisis in the neighboring country deepens. According to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

" We have been very patient until now, waiting to see whether we can fix this; whether they will listen to what we have been saying. But our patience is running out now. [Davutoglu] will have the necessary talks and convey our messages in a determined manner. The ensuing process will be shaped according to the response we get."

Zaman (Istanbul)

Navy SEAL team among those killed in helicopter crash in Afghanistan

A helicopter similar to the one shot down on Saturday

A helicopter similar to the one shot down on Saturday

Navy SEALs suffered a devastating loss when nearly two dozen of the elite troops were among 30 Americans and seven Afghan commandos who died when their helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan early Saturday. It was the largest number of American troops killed in a single day in the war. U.S. officials said the helicopter appeared to have been felled by enemy fire, and the Taliban quickly claimed responsibility. The loss of so many SEALs represents a significant blow to a tightknit group that is involved in some of the most sensitive U.S. counter-terrorism operations around the world. LA Times

Rioters protesting in North London set cars, bus and shops on fire

Riot-squad officers clashed with demonstrators amid chaotic scenes in north London on Saturday evening, as a protest over the shooting of a man by police turned violent. Two patrol cars, at least one shop and a double-decker bus were set on fire. Independent

Al-Shabaab Islamists in Somalia flee from Mogadishu

In a rather startling development, Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamists have fled the capital Mogadishu, apparently driven out by African Union peacekeepers. The horrific famine in Somalia has drained major sources of income from the Islamists, exposing rifts in al-Shabaab's leadership between an international wing influenced by al-Qaeda fighters who favour guerrilla tactics like suicide bombings, and others who sought a conventional military strategy of holding territory. The abandonment of Mogadishu suggests the international faction won the day. "If that is the case then al Shabaab might leave other cities, ... melt away in the population and turn to guerrilla warfare, explosions, assassinations or suicide attacks," said one analyst. Reuters

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis march for economic reform

Israeli activists rally in Tel Aviv against rising property prices on 30-Jul (Reuters)

Israeli activists rally in Tel Aviv against rising property prices on 30-Jul (Reuters)

A quarter-million Israelis marched Saturday for lower living costs in an escalating protest that has catapulted the economy onto the political agenda and put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The demonstrations have upstaged Netanyahu's standoff with the Palestinians ahead of their bid to lobby for U.N. recognition of statehood next month. Protests also deflated his celebration of Israel's stability as citizen revolts rock surrounding Arab states across the Middle East and North Africa. Reuters

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