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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (67284)	1/20/2003 11:02:35 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

you believe it now? Guess who's being dragged, kicking and screaming? "gg" lindybill@no!no!no!.com

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (67284)	1/21/2003 4:17:40 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Nadine Carroll; Re: "So, do you believe it now?" Not yet, the weasel words are still there, to wit: "American and Turkish military planners had not yet agreed on a final plan." #reply-18468116 Re: "So the Americans will get 'enough' and the Turks will be seen to have driven a tough bargain. The Turks know how to compromise." It remains to be seen. Re: "Isn't a US division usually 10,000 strong?" A US division is 10 to 15 thousand. What you reported you heard on NPR (i.e. "NPR is reporting that the Turkish FM has okayed three divisions of American troops based on Turkish soil." #reply-18467436 ) would be about 3x the number that they're actually talking about, according to the NY Times article, and also according to . What they probably said was "three brigades or one division". By the way, the 15,000 figure is old news. I put it up on the thread most of a week ago: Bilow, January 15, 2003 Hi all; Turkish news reports Bush pares back request for basing in Turkey: ... As part of its continuing efforts to secure the Turkish government’s full cooperation ahead of a possible Iraq operation, the Bush administration is reportedly paring down its request to station US troops on Turkish soil, reducing the number of soldiers involved from 80,000 to 15,000. ... #reply-18450117 -- Carl