U.S. to send troops, Patriot missiles to Turkey

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CNN:

(CNN) -- The United States gave the go-ahead Friday to deploy Patriot anti-ballistic missiles to Turkey along with enough troops to operate them as the heavily embattled government in neighboring Syria again vehemently denied firing ballistic missiles at rebels.

The United States has accused Damascus of launching Scud-type artillery from the capital at rebels in the country's north. One Washington official said missiles came close to the border of Turkey, a NATO member and staunch U.S. ally.

Syria's government called the accusations "untrue rumors" Friday, according to state news agency SANA. Damascus accused Turkey and its partners of instigating rumors to make the government look bad internationally.

 

 

"We can't spend a lot of time worrying about whether that pisses off Syria," he said, adamant that helping Turkey was the priority.

 

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Call me crazy - but I kind of expect a better class of language from our representatives in public statements