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2012/12/14

Friday, December 14, 2012

Panetta Reportedly Signs Order To Send Missiles To Turkey

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — The U.S. will send two batteries of Patriot missiles and 400 troops to Turkey as part of a NATO force meant to protect Turkish territory from potential Syrian missile attack, the Pentagon said Friday.

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