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To: zonder who wrote (51171)	10/11/2002 1:13:35 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Because all I remember is you citing "supporters" such as Turkey (completely against it) and Kuwait (awaits UN resolution). Selective perception. Gotta run, maybe Neocon will fill the gap while I am gone, if not, I will do it when I get back.

To: zonder who wrote (51171)	10/11/2002 1:28:30 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

Because all I remember is you citing "supporters" such as Turkey (completely against it) and Kuwait (awaits UN resolution) Watch what they do, not what they say. Both Turkey and Kuwait are actively aiding us.

To: zonder who wrote (51171)	10/11/2002 1:40:10 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, there's your answer, zonder. She has to run. She had time to type that but no time to type one single ally she purports has turned Bush's plan to strike Iraq from "unilateral" to "supported by allies." "Surprise, surprise, surprise." LOLOL

To: zonder who wrote (51171)	10/11/2002 3:12:08 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Turkey offers bases if US foots the bill IAN BRUCE TURKEY is willing to provide bases as a launching pad for a US-led invasion of Iraq - if the White House agrees to pick up the bill for higher-priced oil imports and the loss of tourist revenue during hostilities. Diplomats in Ankara estimate the impact of a regional conflict on the Turkish economy at £100bn over the next decade. Support for the 1991 Gulf campaign cost it £65bn. The Turks are also seeking assurances that Kurdish extremists will not be allowed to set up a separate state on their border, and US support for rejecting Greek proposals for a federated solution on the divided island of Cyprus. The Turkish general staff has ordered its second army headquarters, the command group responsible for security along its border with Iraq, to carry out an assessment of whether it needs reinforcements to guarantee the protection of Turkish territory. The move is aimed at controlling the exodus of up to 500,000 refugees from northern Iraq once the fighting starts. The Turkish Red Crescent Society, the equivalent of the Red Cross, favours preparations for setting up four giant camps inside Kurdish-controlled territory in northern Iraq to house, feed and provide medical care for civilians displaced by fighting. The use of Turkish bases as a springboard for a multi-pronged assault on Saddam Hussein's regime is seen as vital. More than 100 US and British aircraft already operate from Incirlik airbase near Adana to enforce the northern no-fly zone over Iraq. US special forces are understood to be inside the Kurdish enclave, advising the local anti-Saddam peshmerga militia fighters and paving the way for an advance on Baghdad via Turkey by conventional armoured units. The Turks, who benefit from cheap oil smuggled out of Iraq to beat UN sanctions, are drawing up a list of formal demands to be presented to the US. - Oct 10th theherald.co.uk