Invading airspace, how it happened, the details of why it happened on a moment to moment case by case basis, has not been accessed. This article [originally written]
still early on after release published article of 2 hours ago.
Referent article in IrishTimes online.
In the heat of an incident, sometimes it may seem that the incident is isolated or will remain so. History has taught us, take for instance the Iraq invasion of Kuwait that is credited as the big tip off of the Iraq War about 25 years ago, that hotly involved feuds on geopolitically recognized borders can mushroom exponentially into a situation far larger than what it seemed to be at the moment of the initial.
Over the years, criticism of the Arab World has been in regard to pulling together.
It is evident that Syria warplanes [or warcraft] are contending with the catch-22 scenario derived from combatants and hostilities on geopolitical border fringes, as the border with Lebanon respective to complaints about airspace infringement is not the only one, in the past 3 years thereabout, there have been complaints about airspace over Turkey infringed. Country land domains being used in different ways by those hostile to Syrian government, somewhere down the line, the countries presiding over those domains react to the airspace situation.
Based on the content of news stories accessed thus far, 1pm E.S.T., it is not clear whether the soldiers that fired on the Syrian warplanes [or warcraft] knew that they were Syrian warplanes. Communication, surveillance detection equipment, etc., along with a look at the broad circumstance, undoubtedly will probably get investigated.
8:30pm E.S.T., varying reports as to the type of aircraft fired at. Some reports say helicopters, some say warplanes. Currently renown news entities have reports indicative that there were 2 helicopters involved.
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Article first written Monday December 30, 2013 at 12:10pm E.S.T., subject to being updated