New York Times | Panetta Orders Deployment of US Antimissile Units in Turkey New York Times INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey — Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta signed an official deployment order on Friday to send 400 American military personnel and two Patriot air defense batteries to Turkey as its tensions intensify with neighboring Syria, where ... US troops will man Patriot batteries along Turkey's border with Syria U.S. will send 400 troops to Turkey - latimes.com US to Send Patriot Missile Batteries to Turkey |
Salon | NATO says Syrian Scuds hit "near" Turkey Reuters NATO member Turkey, once friendly toward Assad but now among the main allies of the rebels, has complained of occasional bullets and artillery fire, some of which has been fatal, for many months. It sought the installation of missile defenses on its ... Turkey Patriot defenses to be ready next month Russia flip-flops on prediction of doom for Assad in Syrian civil war |
NPR (blog) | Syrian Crisis: Turkey Getting Patriot Missiles, Some US Troops To Operate Them NPR (blog) Panetta told CBS News that when the systems are in place, in about a month, Turkey "will be able to have a pretty complete defense missile protection system ... because of their concerns about that region and the threats that they think they are ... |
New York Times | Chasing Anchovies on Turkey's Black Sea Coast - NYTimes.com New York Times Driven by that sort of passion, my plan was a hamsi-fueled road trip along a 300-mile stretch of Turkey's central Black Sea coast, with stops en route to sample the best of the catch, which turned out to be delicately seasonal — available one day ... |
Wall Street Journal | U.S. to Deploy Defense Systems to Turkey - WSJ.com Wall Street Journal INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey—U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Friday ordered the deployment of two batteries of Patriot air-defense systems, along with some 400 American troops to man them, to Turkey as part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization ... |
The Atlantic | Why Turkey's Prime Minister Can't Stand His Country's Top Soap Opera The Atlantic "I'm condemning both the director of that series as well as the owner of the television station," Erdogan said in a bizarre speech at the opening of an airport in western Turkey last month. "We have already alerted authorities about this and we are ... |
Syria-Turkey Conflict: Leon Panetta Reportedly Signs Order To Send Missiles ... Huffington Post 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. Defense Secretary Leon ... |
Daily Mail | The turkey turnaround: Lower the cooking temperature, cut browning time and ... Daily Mail If your Christmas turkey turns out so dry that only drowning in gravy can rescue it, maybe it's time to change your cooking method. Producers have come up with a new guide to producing a juicy and moist bird without the risk of food poisoning. It ... |
US defense chief orders Patriot missiles to Turkey Reuters INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed an order on Friday to send two Patriot missile batteries to Turkey with 400 American personnel to operate them, in a move by NATO members to bolster Turkey's defenses ... |
Washington Times | US sending troops, missiles to Turkey to guard against Syria Washington Times The U.S. troops will operate the two batteries at undisclosed locations in Turkey, Pentagon press secretary George Little told reporters traveling to Turkey with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta, who signed the deployment order en route. Germany and ... |