Turkey was lucky that they were allowed to join NATO.
Turkey: NATO has plan to defend the country
BY SUZAN FRASER
Associated PressOctober 6, 2014 Updated 5 hours ago
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Turkish forces on armoured vehicles at the outskirts of Suruc, secure the border area with Syria, background, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. The flag is indicating that the jihadists may have regrouped and broken through the Kurdish lines.
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ANKARA, TURKEY — The NATO alliance has drawn up a strategy to defend Turkey if it is attacked along its border with Syria, a Turkish official said Monday.
Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz, whose country is a NATO member, said the alliance did that at his government's request as Islamic State militants, who have captured a large swath of Iraq and Syria, are trying to take the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border.
"If there is an attack, NATO's joint defense mechanisms will be activated," Yilmaz told reporters. "From the moment the incidents relating to Syria first started, we asked NATO to prepare for possibilities to make plans. NATO prepared a plan taking various alternatives into account."
"Therefore," he said, "if there is an attack on Turkey, NATO will bring about the provisions of Article 5 of the Washington
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Turkey: NATO has plan to defend the country
BY SUZAN FRASER
Associated PressOctober 6, 2014 Updated 5 hours ago
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Turkish forces on armoured vehicles at the outskirts of Suruc, secure the border area with Syria, background, Monday, Oct. 6, 2014. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab and its surrounding areas have been under attack since mid-September, with militants capturing dozens of nearby Kurdish villages. The flag is indicating that the jihadists may have regrouped and broken through the Kurdish lines.
LEFTERIS PITARAKIS — AP Photo
ANKARA, TURKEY — The NATO alliance has drawn up a strategy to defend Turkey if it is attacked along its border with Syria, a Turkish official said Monday.
Defense Minister Ismet Yilmaz, whose country is a NATO member, said the alliance did that at his government's request as Islamic State militants, who have captured a large swath of Iraq and Syria, are trying to take the Syrian town of Kobani near the Turkish border.
"If there is an attack, NATO's joint defense mechanisms will be activated," Yilmaz told reporters. "From the moment the incidents relating to Syria first started, we asked NATO to prepare for possibilities to make plans. NATO prepared a plan taking various alternatives into account."
"Therefore," he said, "if there is an attack on Turkey, NATO will bring about the provisions of Article 5 of the Washington
Continue reading at:
ANKARA Turkey Turkey NATO has plan to defend the country Latest news CentreDaily.com
Read more here: ANKARA Turkey Turkey NATO has plan to defend the country Latest news CentreDaily.com
