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Turkey parliament gives green light for Syria operations

The mandate, valid for one year, was passed by 320 votes in the 550-seat Turkish parliament.

Afp October 04, 2012

ANKARA: Turkey's parliament on Thursday authorised military operations against targets in neighbouring Syria, following the death of five Turks from Syrian shelling, the Anatolia news agency reported.

The mandate, valid for one year, was passed by 320 votes in the 550-seat Turkish parliament, it added.

COMMENTS (11)

Abreez | 11 years ago | Reply

World War II's basic statistics qualify it as by far the most costly war in history in terms of human casualties and material resources expended. In all, 61 countries with 1.7 billion people, three-fourths of the world’s population, took part. A total of 110 million people were mobilized for military service, more than half of those by three countries: the USSR (22 million to 30 million), Germany (17 million), and the United States (16 million). For the major participants the largest numbers on duty at any one time were as follows: USSR (12,500,000); United States (12,245,000); Germany (10,938,000); British Empire and Commonwealth (8,720,000); Japan (7,193,000); and China (5,000,000). Most statistics on the war are only estimates. The war’s vast and chaotic sweep made uniform record keeping impossible. Some governments lost control of the data, and some resorted to manipulating it for political reasons. A rough consensus has been reached on the total cost of the war. The human cost is estimated at 55 million dead—25 million in the military and 30 million civilians. The amount of money spent has been estimated at more than $1 trillion, which makes World War II more expensive than all other wars combined. (From Microsoft Encarta)

Now let see what will be the cost of WWIII.

nay sayer | 11 years ago | Reply for the next 25 years, ppl of Turkey will pay for this decision. ... juz like when Pak paid for entering the un-related afghan war for the world against so-called communists.