INCIRLIK: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta landed on Friday at the Incirlik air base in Turkey that hosts US troops, as part of a tour that has also taken him to Afghanistan and Kuwait.
The visit by the US defence chief comes a week after Nato approved Turkey's request for Patriot missiles to defend its border with its war-torn neighbour Syria. A report in the New York Times on Friday said that the US plans to send two Patriot missile batteries and 400 personnel to Turkey.
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