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Takeoff NATO Boeing C-17 Globemaster at Eindhoven Airport
07-10-2014, Takeoff NATO Boeing C-17 Globemaster at Eindhoven Airport.

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Belgium: Ukraine will become a member of NATO, says NATO #39;s Rasmussen
The prime minister of Ukraine said he will ask parliament to put the country on a course to join NATO. Kyiv accuses Moscow of bringing troops into the countr. World News USA News America...

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Afghanistan political crisis casts shadow over NATO summit
Despite a UN-led audit of votes from June #39;s disputed presidential election, the threat of further turmoil in Afghanistan hangs over this week #39;s NATO summit. . World News USA News America...

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By Brock Vergakis The Associated Press October 7, 2014

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Members of NATO's military committee began meeting in Virginia on Tuesday to get an update from the alliance's only command in North America and discuss the creation of a quick-reaction force in Europe.

Officials from the military committee are visiting NATO's Allied Command Transformation through Wednesday.

The Norfolk-based command serves as a type of think tank for the alliance and looks for ways to address current and emerging threats impacting the 28-nation alliance. The committee's visit to the command occurs once a year. While the discussions are classified, NATO officials said they would focus on developments from a recent NATO summit in Wales, an initiative that calls for interoperable forces as well as the planned quick-reaction force that's intended to counter Russian aggression in eastern Europe.

"We must make sure that all the nations are aligned with those projects and this is a unique occasion we have to do that in a very open, very frank manner," said French Air Force General Jean Paul-Palomeros, NATO ACT's supreme commander.

Details of the quick-reaction force will be worked out in February at a NATO ministerial meeting, but it is expected to consist of 4,000 to 5,000 troops. Among other things, NATO officials are still working out where those troops will be located.

The military committee is made up of senior military officers from each NATO member and is the primary source of military advice to NATO's civilian decision-making bodies - the North Atlantic Council and the Nuclear Planning Group.

Along with the spearhead force, the Readiness Action Plan approved by President Barack Obama and leaders of the 27 other allied nations includes stepped-up intelligence sharing, an upgrade of defense plans and more military exercises on short notice.

"This is an important event for the military committee because it ensures that the decisions taken by the heads of states and government taken at the Wales summit last month are properly operationalized and we stay focused on our work," said Danish Army General Knud Bartels, chairman of the military committee, at a news conference at Allied Command Transformation headquarters.

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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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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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