Arab Free @freearabia2 Second set of NATO Patriot missiles in Turkey go activehttp://reut.rs/14rG7UT via @reuters Collapse Reply Retweet Favorite Buffer More 11:05 AM - 29 Jan 13 · Details Second set of NATO Patriot missiles in Turkey go active Related News Iran launches monkey into space, showing missile progress Mon, Jan 28 2013 RPT-UPDATE 3-Israel vows Syria strike at any sign of chemical arms transfer Sun, Jan 27 2013 Israel threatens Syria strike if rebels get chemical arms Sun, Jan 27 2013 First Patriot missiles to defend Turkey against Syria go active Sat, Jan 26 2013 Syrian civil war devastates farming: U.N. Wed, Jan 23 2013 Analysis & Opinion Insight: Foreign fighters seek to establish an Islamic state in post-Assad Syria Islamists push own agenda in Iraq's Sunni protests against Shi'ite power Related Topics Aerospace & Defense » Syria » ANKARA | Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:49am EST (Reuters) - A second pair of Patriot missile batteries being sent by NATO countries to defend Turkeyagainst possible attack from Syria are now operational, a German security official said on Tuesday. The United States, Germany and the Netherlands each committed to sending two batteries and up to 400 soldiers to operate them after Ankara asked for help to bolster its air defenses against possible missile attack from Syria. The frontier has become a flashpoint in the 22-month insurgency against President Bashar al-Assad, with Syrian government shells frequently landing inside Turkish territory, drawing a response in kind from Ankara's military. The two German batteries, which have been deployed around the Turkish city of Kahramanmaras some 100 km (60 miles) from the Syrian border, were in position and ready to use as of late Monday, the German security...
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