Dispatch Of Patriot Missiles To Their Deployment Areas Continues

ADANA/ISKENDERUN - Dispatch of Patriot air defense systems which were brought to Iskenderun from the Netherlands to strengthen Turkey's defenses, to their deployment areas continues.
Sources said on Friday that Patriot missiles would be deployed in Diyarbakir, Batman and Sanliurfa, and 360 Dutch military personnel would be assigned to operate those Patriot systems.
Meanwhile, ''Cappella'' from the U.S. Fleet continues discharging its cargo, mainly work machines at Iskenderun port in southern province of Hatay.
(MS-AÖ) 28.02.2003