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NATO: We'll Protect Turkey if ISIS Fight Spills Over

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NATO will stand by member state Turkey if it comes under attack as a result of the fighting just across the border in Syria, alliance Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. ISIS militants on Monday raised their flag on the eastern outskirts of the Syrian town of Kobani, six miles from Turkish territory. Stray fire from fighting around the town has hit Turkish land.

"The main responsibility for NATO is to protect all allied countries. Turkey is a NATO ally and our main responsibility is to protect the integrity, the borders of Turkey and that is the reason why we have deployed Patriot missiles in Turkey to enhance, to strengthen the airfence of Turkey," Stoltenberg told a news conference during a visit to Poland.

A senior NATO official told NBC News: "Turkey, as a Member of NATO, is under the protection of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty so of course NATO would be prepared to assist if Turkey asked NATO to invoke Article 5."

Reuters contributed to this report.

First published October 6 2014, 7:57 AM

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An officer directs operations as Turkish tanks deploy on the Syrian border. Photo: AFP

Ankara: The NATO alliance has drawn up a strategy to defend Turkey if it is attacked along its border with Syria, a Turkish official says.

Defence 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 Kobane near the Turkish border.

"If there is an attack, NATO's joint defence mechanisms will be activated," Mr Yilmaz told reporters.

Turkish tanks line up on a hill overlooking the Syrian city of Kobane, near the Turkish border. Photo: AFP

"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.

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"Therefore, if there is an attack on Turkey, NATO will bring about the provisions of Article 5 of the Washington Convention."

Article 5 states that an attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members.

A Kurdish man watches fighting in Kobane. Photo: AFP

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Ankara: The NATO alliance has drawn up a strategy to defend Turkey if it is attacked along its border with Syria, a Turkish official says.

Defence 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 Kobane near the Turkish border.

"If there is an attack, NATO's joint defence mechanisms will be activated," Mr Yilmaz told reporters.

Turkish tanks line up on a hill overlooking the Syrian city of Kobane, near the Turkish border. Photo: AFP

"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.

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"Therefore, if there is an attack on Turkey, NATO will bring about the provisions of Article 5 of the Washington Convention."

Article 5 states that an attack against one NATO member shall be considered an attack against all members.

A Kurdish man watches fighting in Kobane. Photo: AFP

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'We will defend our allies,' asserts new NATO chief

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WARSAW, Poland, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reiterated NATO's commitment to defending its allies during a visit to Poland on Monday.

"NATO's most important task is to protect and defend our nations against attack," Stoltenberg underlined following his meetings with Polish President Bronisaw Komorowski and Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz.

"We will defend our Allies, all Allies."

Stoltenberg's trip to Warsaw, his first country visit since beginning his term as secretary general on Oct. 1, comes at a time of heightened concern about Russian aggression and the rise of Islamic extremism in the Middle East.

The NATO head's talks with Polish leaders focused, in part, on Russian actions in Ukraine and related international security challenges.

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Sondermahnwache Hannover 03.10.14 -15- Rdiger Lenz – Systemzusammenhnge und NATO – Video

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NATO Secretary-General: We Can Put Troops Anywhere

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WARSAW New NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine. Stoltenberg was visiting NATO member Poland to reassure it that NATO would provide the protection it sought against its former communist master, Russia, which in recent months has annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, and been accused by the West of sending troops and equipment to back pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

At a summit a month ago, NATO leaders agreed to set up a "spearhead" rapid reaction force that could be sent to a hotspot within days, and to pre-position equipment and supplies in eastern European countries to receive the force if needed. But they rejected appeals from NATO members in Eastern Europe, including Poland, to station thousands of troops there permanently -- partly because of the expense, and partly because they did not want to break a 1997 pact under which NATO promised Russia it would not permanently station significant combat forces in the east.

First published October 5 2014, 3:06 PM

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WARSAW: New NATO secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance could deploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russias actions in Crimea and Ukraine.

Stoltenberg was visiting NATO member Poland to reassure it that NATO would provide the protection it sought against its former communist master, Russia, which in recent months has annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, and been accused by the West of sending troops and equipment to back pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine.

At a summit a month ago, NATO leaders agreed to set up a spearhead rapid reaction force that could be sent to a hotspot within days, and to pre-position equipment and supplies in eastern European countries to receive the force if needed.

But they rejected appeals from NATO members in Eastern Europe, including Poland, to station thousands of troops there permanently partly because of the expense, and partly because they did not want to break a 1997 pact under which NATO promised Russia it would not permanently station significant combat forces in the east.

Stoltenberg appeared to take a tougher line in Poland, however.

Next year, at the ministerial meeting, we will take decisions regarding the so-called spearhead but, even before it is established, NATO has a strong army after all. We can deploy it wherever we want to, Stoltenberg told the state broadcaster TVP Info.

These capabilities already exist. We have them, and we can deploy them in individual regions. And this is only an add-on to what the alliance already has.

Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, took over on Wednesday as NATO secretary-general, at a time when the alliance is wrapping up its combat mission in Afghanistan but faces new challenges from a resurgent Russia to the east and from Islamic State militants on the borders of Turkey, NATOs southernmost member.

NATO has made clear it will not intervene militarily in Ukraine, which is not an alliance member, but has reinforced the defenses of its eastern member states. Russia has repeatedly denied sending forces or equipment to the rebels in eastern Ukraine.

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WARSAW -- NATO can deploy its forces wherever it wants, new NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said.

According to a Reuters report, with the statement he "apparently called into question post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken by Russia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine."

Stoltenberg was visiting NATO member Poland to reassure it that NATO would provide the protection it sought against its former communist master, Russia, which in recent months has annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, and been accused by the West of sending troops and equipment to back pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine, the British agency said, and added:

"At a summit a month ago, NATO leaders agreed to set up a rapid reaction force that could be sent to a hotspot within days, and to pre-position equipment and supplies in eastern European countries to receive the force if needed," but they "rejected appeals from NATO members in Eastern Europe, including Poland, to station thousands of troops there permanently - partly because of the expense, and partly because they did not want to break a 1997 pact under which NATO promised Russia it would not permanently station significant combat forces in the east."

Stoltenberg now "appeared to take a tougher line in Poland."

He said that NATO has "a strong" army and capabilities to deploy it "wherever we want to" - even before "the so-called spearhead" has been established.

NATO has made clear it will not intervene militarily in Ukraine, which is not an alliance member, but has reinforced the defenses of its eastern member states, Reuters wrote, and added that Russia has repeatedly denied sending forces or equipment to the rebels in eastern Ukraine.

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NATO can put troops wherever it wants, says new secretary general

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New NATO secretary-general JensStoltenberg said on Sunday that the Western alliance coulddeploy its forces wherever it wants, apparently calling intoquestion post-Cold War agreements that have been shaken byRussia's actions in Crimea and Ukraine.

Stoltenberg was visiting NATO member Poland to reassure itthat NATO would provide the protection it sought against itsformer communist master, Russia, which in recent months hasannexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine, and been accused bythe West of sending troops and equipment to back pro-Russianrebels in eastern Ukraine.

At a summit a month ago, NATO leaders agreed to set up a"spearhead" rapid reaction force that could be sent to a hotspotwithin days, and to pre-position equipment and supplies ineastern European countries to receive the force if needed.

But they rejected appeals from NATO members in EasternEurope, including Poland, to station thousands of troops therepermanently - partly because of the expense, and partly becausethey did not want to break a 1997 pact under which NATO promisedRussia it would not permanently station significant combatforces in the east.

Stoltenberg appeared to take a tougher line in Poland,however.

"Next year, at the ministerial meeting, we will takedecisions regarding the so-called spearhead but, even before itis established, NATO has a strong army after all. We can deployit wherever we want to," Stoltenberg told the state broadcasterTVP Info.

"These capabilities already exist. We have them, and we candeploy them in individual regions. And this is only an add-on towhat the alliance already has."

Stoltenberg, a former Norwegian prime minister, took over onWednesday as NATO secretary-general, at a time when the allianceis wrapping up its combat mission in Afghanistan but faces newchallenges from a resurgent Russia to the east and from IslamicState militants on the borders of Turkey, NATO's southernmostmember.

NATO has made clear it will not intervene militarily inUkraine, which is not an alliance member, but has reinforced thedefences of its eastern member states. Russia has repeatedlydenied sending forces or equipment to the rebels in easternUkraine.

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