[U.S. Secretary of Defense Carter answers questions at the Economic Club of Washington]BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies have agreed to consider a request from Germany, Turkey and Greece to help slow refugee flows into Europe and any mission will likely target criminal people smuggling networks, U.S. Secretary of Defence Ash Carter said on Thursday. "There is now a criminal syndicate that is exploiting these poor people and this is an organised smuggling operation," Carter told a news conference during a meeting of NATO defence ministers in Brussels. "Targeting that is the way that the greatest effect can be had in the humanitarian dimension," he said. ...
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