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Sunday, December 23, 2012

Patriots to Be Deployed in Three Turkish Cities


Patriot missile systems will be deployed in three Turkish cities of Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep and Adana, NATO announced in a statement released today. The U.S. will deploy its Patriot batteries in Gaziantep, while Germany and the Netherlands will deploy the air defense systems in Kahramanmaras and Adana respectively. The deployment will take place over the next few weeks.

“The aim is to deter any threats to Turkey, to defend Turkey’s population and territory and to de-escalate the crisis on NATO’s southeastern border,” said NATO in its statement. (Hurriyet Daily News, 24 December)

NATO’s deployment of Patriot missile systems in Turkey takes place amid strong Iranian objections. Last week, the chief of staff of Iranian armed forces said the deployment is meant to start a “world war.”

File photo: Patriot anti-missile systems at a presentation by the German military. (AP/Hurryiet Daily News)
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 23, 2012 at 11:23 PM

    War preparation against Iran ...

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  2. AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 at 12:32 AM

    I was looking for an access to the article about the Russian destroyer's visit in Bandar Abbas; which was posted previously, and I have noticed that at the time of this (my) comment the article is not on the blog...

    A-F

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  3. AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 at 2:55 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhu67FwW87M --- Turkey invades Syria.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gnDImvwCu0 --- Iraq invades Syria.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJuPjE_FePM --- FSA supply lines into Syria.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 at 4:35 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJqLQIAftn4 --- Turkey: The New Ottomans

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  5. AnonymousDecember 24, 2012 at 5:48 PM

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzx9joTUzfM&NR=1&feature=endscreen --- 'The New Ottomans' as reported by Al Jazeera.

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  6. B.M.ADecember 25, 2012 at 3:37 AM

    WHY NOT THE 'THAAD'

    could someone explain me why don't the US send the 'THAAD' batteries to TURKEY that seem to be more advanced than these PATRIOTS!.INSTEAD OF SENDING THESE HIGH TECH AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS TO A NATO MEMBER a cunning US IS INSTEAD GIVING THEM TO A PETRO-DOLLAR RICH U.A.E!!!!.

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