MSNBC's Military Gaffe: Turkish 'Right-Wing Activist Group' Assaults U.S. 'Soldiers'

Matthew Balan | November 13, 2014
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[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]

From the 12 November 2014 edition of MSNBC's Ronan Farrow Daily:

RONAN FARROW: We've got an update now on that disturbing story we brought you earlier – some incredible, dramatic visuals of three U.S. Navy soldiers from the U.S.S. Ross being assaulted in Istanbul, Turkey. This happened yesterday. The soldiers were on shore leave, as we told you, when they were attacked by members of the Turkish Youth Union. The sailors were hit with rocks, had paint thrown on them, bags were placed over their heads – just video that's going viral right now.

MSNBC's Jim Miklaszewski is with us. He's following this from the Pentagon. Thanks, Jim. What more do we know about this incident, and are we getting any word about the motivations of these attackers?

JIM MIKLASZEWSKI: Just a quick correction: you know, no navy sailor is going to be – want to call – want to be called a soldier.

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