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People gather atop the aircraft steps outside a Syrian passenger plane that was forced by Turkish jets to land at Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, on Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

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Turkish Chief of Staff Gen. Necdet Ozel (right) listens Oct. 9, 2012, to a commander during his tour of the military along the border with Syria in Hatay, Turkey. (Associated Press/Turkish Military)

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Turkish soldiers at a military station in Akcakale, Turkey, guard the border gate with Syria across from the rebel-controlled town of Tel Abyad on Sunday. Turkey sent more artillery to hot spots along the troubled border on Monday. (Associated Press)

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The Turkish military guards the border with Syria at a station in Akcakale, Turkey, across from Syrian-rebel-controlled Tel Abyad town (right), on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. (AP Photo)

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“We want peace,” Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says after a Syrian mortar attack kills five. (Associated Press)

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A shelling attack Wednesday in Akcakale, Turkey, escalated cross-border tensions with Syria. A woman, her three daughters and another woman were killed and 10 others were wounded. (Associated Press)

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Protesters hold banners that read "No to War" during a debate at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey, on Oct. 4, 2012, after Turkey fired on Syrian targets for a second straight day. Turkey said it has no intention of declaring war, despite rising tensions after deadly shelling from Syria killed five civilians in a Turkish border town. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2012, photo, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, center, and his deputies Bulent Arinc, right, and Besir Atalay seen at Turkey's parliament in Ankara, Turkey. (AP Photo)

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**FILE** Fatimah Abdullah, 29, sits Sept. 7, 2012, next to her 4-day-old twins, Ahmad and Bayan, who were born in a Turkish hospital, near the Syrian town of Azaz. Abdullah, who fled her home in Marea, Syria, 15 days before due to Syrian government shelling, took her children to the Bab Al-Salameh border crossing in hopes of entering one of the refugee camps in Turkey. (Associated Press)

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A displaced Syrian woman and her grandson sit Sept. 30, 2012 in a refugee camp on the Turkey border, near Azaz village in Syria. (Associated Press)