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Politics : Stop the War! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Techplayer who wrote (11071)	4/9/2003 3:47:20 PM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21614

[Turkish] Air space was allowed from the beginning. It was rescinded when a cruise missile landed on their turf. After discussions with the US, rights to use air space were returned. Perhaps in an alternate universe. In ours, this is how it happened: On 1 March, Turkish parliament voted on the bill to let US use its air & land. It was rejected by a small majority, although the US had offered a total of USD 30 bn in loans and grants. Then on 19 March, Turkish parliament passed a new bill allowing only the use of air space and the use of US bases on its soil for humanitarian aid & wounded soldiers. The whole thing had nothing to do with the cruise missiles (three, not one) that landed on their territory.