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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (84507)	3/21/2003 10:26:52 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

debka's reporting on the US-Turkey tiff: Fresh flare-up of US-Turkish military frictions. Ankara holds back permission for American over-flights in reprisal for US denial of Turkish troop entry into northern Iraq. Ankara also furious over US joining forces with Kurds for northern oil fields takeover. US-British coalition troops advance rapidly on all warfronts Friday, clearing way to Baghdad and northern oil cities. Northern and southern oil fields are reported secured by US forces. US special forces enter Kirkuk oil fields Friday to flush out Iraqi troops In the north, Kurdistani Bamerni airfield passes from Turkish to US control. American forces landing there Friday are driving towards Kirkuk and Mosul. Some US units are linking up with Kurdish PUK and KDP militias in Kurdish town of Kalak for joint assault to capture Kirkuk and its oil fields. debka.com