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To: MrLucky who wrote (4717)	3/17/2003 4:07:10 PM
From: H-Man	Respond to of 8683

Their lira hit a record low and their stock market got routed again. More details coming out... Turkey Might Allow U.S. Troops In After All March 17, 2003 - 3 minutes ago By KOMO Staff & News Services komotv.com ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Turkey's top political and military leaders called on the government to take urgent action to allow in U.S. troops. The announcement came at the end of a meeting that included the leaders of Turkey's new government, President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, and top generals. The United States has repeatedly called on Turkey's government to quickly resubmit to parliament a resolution that would allow the deployment of some 62,000 U.S. soldiers for an invasion of the majority Kurdish northern Iraq if there is a war. Secretary of State Colin Powell said on Sunday that Washington has not given up on Turkey as a springboard for American forces in a war against Iraq even though the Turkish parliament so far has rejected the idea. Powell said new Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will resubmit the proposal to parliament but the timing was uncertain. An official statement released after the meeting referred to an earlier meeting of Turkey's top political and military leaders that called on parliament to take steps to let in foreign troops. It did not mention the parliamentary resolution, which would have to be passed to let in the U.S. forces. "Our government will make the necessary evaluation urgently," presidential spokesman Tacan Ildem said. "A unanimous decision was reached ... that there is a need to move urgently," Ildem said.