Greeks in the border region rallied behind the expanding border force, collecting provisions and offering any possible contribution to what is seen as a national effort to stop a Turkish-spurred incursion.
, the Greek government sealed the border and rushed police and military reinforcements to help hold back the flood.
“We were born here, we live here, we work here, we know the crossings better than anyone,” Panayiotis Ageladarakis, a community leader in Amorio, a village that lies some 300 meters from the river banks. “We sit at the crossings, and they come," Ageladarakis told The Associated Press as he drove a pickup truck with a fellow Greek border village resident along a rough track at night."We keep them there most of the time, call police and they come and arrest them. Then, it's a matter for the police. We aren't interested in where they take them. We just try to help this effort taking place by the army and the police.
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