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To: NickSE who wrote (96936)	5/1/2003 12:14:06 PM
From: NickSE	Respond to of 281500

U.S. Military Wraps Up Last Major Mission in Turkey ap.tbo.com INCIRLIK, Turkey (AP) - The United States is shutting down its last major military mission in Turkey on Thursday - a move that puts Ankara's strategic importance in question. The United States also said this week it also would quit bases in Saudi Arabia - a major shift in American focus in the Persian Gulf. U.S. officials said the outcome of the Iraq war made missions to monitor no-fly zones in the north and south of Iraq obsolete. But analysts said the moves reflect underlying trouble in U.S.-Turkey relations - particularly after Ankara refused to allow the United States to base its troops there to open a northern front against Iraq or to use the southern Incirlik Air Base in raids on Iraq. The base was a key staging point during the 1991 Gulf War.