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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Breaking news of the shooting down of a Turkish fighter plane over Syria introduced. Live discussion held with CNN's Ivan Watson, Barbara Starr and Fran Townsend and Stanford University professor Fouad Ajami about what happened in Syria. [AJAMI - suggests this was done deliberately by Syrian President Bashir al-Assad.] [TOWNSEND - agrees Syria's move was calculated and they are sending a message to the alliance.] [From Istanbul, WATSON - interprets this as the Turks and Syria not wanting this incident to escalate.] [At the Pentagon, STARR - says there is growing concern over the instability in Syrian air space.]
- Reporter(s):
- Cooper, Anderson
- Duration:
- 00:07:20
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