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To: LindyBill who wrote (85535)	3/24/2003 12:13:10 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) of 281500

<Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that a Turkish presence in Iraq would help refugees and enhance security, strongly suggesting that the deployment would go ahead in the face of US and world disapproval. But the move would "bring extra complications" to Turkey's EU membership bid, said a European Commission spokesman on Monday. "Any action by a neighbour (of Iraq) that could destabilise the situation would be most unwelcome," Jean-Christophe Filori told reporters. The EU opposed any Turkish military incursions into northern Iraq, he said, and hoped that Turkey clearly understood that.> news.bbc.co.uk My comment: looks like Turkey is acting completely independently, not following either US or EU lead. Is unilateralism infectious?

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