Syria: NATO prepared to defend Turkey

NATO's secretary general says the alliance is prepared to defend Turkey against attacks from Syria if necessary. Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen says the alliance is prepared to act, but he hopes it will not have to do so. The more than year-long Syrian conflict has spilled over into NATO-member Turkey in recent days, with artillery shells landing on the Turkish side of the border and causing casualties. A senior NATO military official said the alliance has sufficient military power to have a significant impact on the Syria conflict, but there will not be any move unless there is a decision by political leaders to intervene. Meanwhile, a group that claims to have ties to al-Qaida says it carried out twin suicide car bombings against a Syrian government intelligence headquarters in a Damascus suburb early Tuesday. Opposition fighters have reportedly seized Maarat al-Numan, a key town on the highway to Aleppo. Listen to this report from regional correspondent Nathan Morley: