This was a really sad news for everybody.
But a few days ago a video was released. A video, a Heron UAV airplane broadcast the attack live to 30 different location in the army, including the army HQ!!!
The sad thing is PKK militants were there for more than an hour..And the help with helicopters or jet fighters could have been there in 15 minutes..
Now everybody is wondering why nobody sent any rescue to these soldiers? Who watched soldiers die live?
The images are unbearable to watch!!!
Hand grenades were thrown at the soldiers.They even fired bullets at soldiers who had already died!!
(it was like watching the movie, ´nefes´ but knowing that it happened in real)
The relatives of the martyrs expect an explanation. !!!!!!
Not only the army and the General Staff, but also certain media organizations are silent. Hurriyet /milliyet/radikal even did not mention it as news... Mr. Erdogan, Mr. Kiliçdaroglu and Mr. Bahçeli. Those who make a spectacle at martyrs’ funerals are also silent.
I wonder where they are!!!
The video:
http://www.iha.com.tr/haber/videowatcher.aspx?cid=11&vid=6987
This is related to the news more than a month ago..20th July when we lost 6 soldiers die.
In the end, Turkish army released a statement..
http://www.hurriyetdailynews....ns-left-unanswered-questions-2010-08-22
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The daily Taraf has accused the military of doing nothing to prevent the July 20 PKK attack on a post in Çukurca in the eastern province of Hakkari. Its headline said, "Generals watched soldiers die." Citing video from a Heron, an unmanned surveillance aircraft, that showed the PKK methodically conducting its operation, the daily said the military failed to intervene even though the drone’s pictures were broadcast live to over 30 different military units, including the Chief of the General Staff. According to the statement, all 30 units do not receive the same broadcast. Which units were receiving the Hantepe recordings was not mentioned.
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The General Staff argued the leaked Heron video of Hantepe begins 46 minutes after the attack since the Heron captured the video was at a different location. Taraf denied this in its Sunday edition; stating they have recordings before the attack. Also in its Sunday edition, Taraf asked how the DhSK guns, a Russian made anti-aircraft weapon also known as dhocka that weighs 175 kilograms when mounted, were transferred to the location by PKK without being noticed.
The General Staff has also faced criticism over the late deployment of support ground troops who arrived on foot hours after ambulance services had already reached the area. The Saturday statement did not mention anything about the ground troops.
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Such a shame.. such a shame!!
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