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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36930)	8/11/2002 12:02:36 PM
From: BigBull	Read Replies (3) of 281500

Nadine, Here's a WP article on the resignation of Dervis and that Turkish papers are also reporting the taking of those airfields in Northern Iraq (first possible confirmation of the story reported by DEBKA and Intl. Trb). Architect of Turkey's Economic Recovery Resigns By Karl Vick Washington Post Foreign Service Sunday, August 11, 2002; Page A17 washingtonpost.com ....A longtime strategic partner to the United States and the only majority Muslim member of NATO, Turkey would serve as a crucial platform for U.S. military operations in almost any scenario involving Iraq. Leading Turkish newspapers suggested this week that the cooperation is already well underway, publishing reports that the Turkish and U.S. armed forces have taken control of three airfields in northern Iraq, an area all but independent of Baghdad since the 1991 Persian Gulf War.

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