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U.S. sends missiles, troops to Turkey

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    Leland Vittert reports from Jerusalem

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Fox News alert -- -- now because Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announcing that the US is sending patriot missiles and troops to Turkey.

To deal with the growing threat threat from neighboring Syria 400 troops will join NATO forces.

And stand ready to act if Syria intends to unleash chemical weapons -- -- bidder is in our Middle East.

So -- just a few days -- the head of NATO -- -- -- regime is about to collapse they said so why deploy these troops now.

-- Iliescu was -- -- Garrity with the Turks were clearly very scared in the timing of this announcement.

Comes just a couple of days after we learned that the Syrians were mixing chemical weapons to possibly use of this is.

United States in -- way of really getting behind Turkey a close ally in saying we support you in the secretary of defense was quick to point out that the patriot missiles are just that.

Defensive weapons that are going to be put down along the Syrian border to protect Syria.

-- Turkey from attacks by Syrian jets or from scud missiles that would fly in but that's not exactly.

The whole story patriots could easily be reprogrammed.

Included a no fly zone over northern Syria so far.

Turkey is denying that as his NATO saying this is purely a defensive move by Turkey but if there were to be a no fly zone.

In the coming months it would be a game changer because the rebels control much of northern Syria president Assad is using -- airports and their very first step.

By real assistance to rebels to try and help them overcome president -- regime.

Would be something like a no fly zone.

If they're being behind the headline -- and see what else he's patriot missiles could mean for the larger conflict back on it right that's good contact silly and what is Russia.

Saying now about -- -- -- Yesterday they came out and said all right we think there's a possibility president aside would -- this is one of those things where speaking -- truth is this Russian diplomat did.

May not exactly jive with the party line inside baseball here as Russia is now come out today and forcefully got behind.

President decides -- no -- our diplomat was misquoted he was just saying what the opposition was safe.

A little faithful but there was hope yesterday it is the humanitarian crisis increases inside Syria there are many more hundreds if not thousands of dying every week inside Syria that Russia may be -- singing it's nice to present -- side.

Sadly at least for the United States and its allies today we found out that Russia is continuing to hold fast.

Behind president decides longtime ally and happy to seem to help as many of his own citizens as they like Alec there thanks so much for the update let's go over to bill.

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