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Thread ID: 5595 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2003-03-17
2003-03-17 21:26 | User Profile
well the new Turkish Prez just backslided. Turn those ships back north to the Mediterranean. Im sure he has his reasons, like :
1) 26 billion dollars I can spend with little accounting for ! Wow !! 2) Maybe they will kill some Kurds on the way 3) We'll be a major player in the region again ! 4) Vacancies rising in our famous prisons. Good government jobs.
Turkey Signals It May Be Ready to Assist U.S. Mon March 17, 2003 03:32 PM ET
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey signaled on Monday that it may be ready to take urgent steps to assist its NATO ally the United States in any war on neighboring Iraq. Turkey's prime minister, president and military chief met for talks that the defense minister said might satisfy urgent U.S. demands to use Turkish airspace and ground bases. "Turkey has decided to take urgent steps to preserve its national interests," presidential spokesman Tacan Ildem told reporters after the meeting.
He gave no details but the steps would be in accordance with recommendations of the influential National Security Council, a partly military body which in late January urged the government to take military measures to safeguard Turkey's interests.