Pentagon deploys military forces to Jordan-Syria border (VIDEO)

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has confirmed that US troops have been dispatched to the Jordan-Syrian border to help bolster the former's military capabilities in case violence escalates in the volatile region -

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Independent journalist Nile Bowie thinks border protection is just a pretext to press harder for a change of the Syrian regime.