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She called reports about a Syrian pilot defecting and landing in Amman highly suspect. "There are reasons to suggest that the incident was thoroughly staged."
She thinks Turkey used Jordanian-supplied deciphered codes in staging its Syrian airspace provocation.
Separately, Today's Zaman headlined "Turkey says no sign of missile attack yet in jet incident," saying:
Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz said "there is no sign of land-to-air missile or another kind of weapon on found pieces of the plane."US intelligence said the same thing. On June 29, the Wall Street Journal reported story, saying:
Turkey's "warplane (was) shot down....by shore-based antiaircraft guns while it was inside Syrian airspace, American officials say, a finding in tune with Syria's account and at odds with Turkey."
Kochneva accused anti-Assad elements and supportive media of spreading misinformation.
Reports about attacks on the presidential palace, parts of Syria beyond Damascus' control, defections of generals, other officers, and whole army units, as well as Russia and China agreeing to remove Assad are completely false, she said.
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