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To: Techplayer who wrote (10048)	3/23/2003 10:21:44 PM
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Meanwhile, American supply ships waiting off the coast of Turkey have been redirected through the Suez Canal to the Persian Gulf with their war material for U.S. forces. The decision ends U.S. efforts to obtain Turkish permission to use military bases in southern Turkey for the deployment of more than 60,000 U.S. soldiers, after Ankara scrapped the deal early this month. More than 20 cargo ships carrying equipment for the Army's 4th Infantry Division are expected to arrive in Kuwait over the next two to three weeks. The troops have remained at their base in Fort Hood, Texas and will be flown to Kuwait when their equipment arrives. voanews.com and Turkey is going to piss the US off: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkish troops in Iraq would add to security and stability in the region. Mr. Erdogan's televised address to the Turkish people Sunday night made no mention of President Bush's warning not to unilaterally send troops into Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq. The prime minister said Turkey wants to ensure the security of its borders and prevent a refugee crisis. He said Turkish soldiers would guarantee peace and extend humanitarian aid to those in northern Iraq who need it. Mr. Erdogan called Iraq's territorial integrity a Turkish priority, and said Iraq's resources belong to its people. President Bush said Sunday that Turkey knows the U.S. policy in northern Iraq, which includes preventing a military showdown between Turks and Kurds. He said U.S. officials have also urged the Kurds not to take any action that could provoke the Turks into crossing the border. Iraqi Kurds have been running their own affairs since the end of the first Gulf war in 1991. They have threatened to use force if Turkish troops attempt to enter their semi-autonomous region. Turkey fears that Iraqi Kurds may try to declare an independent state in a post-war Iraq and spark an uprising by their own Kurdish population. Kurds say an independent Kurdistan should include parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, an area they say was guaranteed to them in a 1920 treaty. voanews.com