U.S.: No Patriot missiles to Jordan-Syria border

U.S. officials say they are not discussing or preparing to send Patriot missiles to the Jordanian border with Syria.

"We are unaware of any discussions of sending Patriots to the Jordanian border," a U.S. defense official told the E-Ring, on Friday. "It's patently false."

State Department officials also say they know nothing of the claim first made in the London-based newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat. The paper cited one "unnamed Jordan source," which was enough to cause a stir in Washington on Friday, claiming that the United States is shifting a Patriot missile battery from Qatar and one from Kuwait.

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