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Report: Turkey won’t let U.S. attack Iran from its land
ynews ^ | April 30 2006

Posted on 04/30/2006 4:42:42 PM PDT by jmc1969

Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul said Sunday that his country refused a request from the United States to attack Iran from its Air Force base in Incirlik, despite the U.S. offer of a nuclear reactor, according to a report in Al Biyan.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: 200604; incirlik; iran; iranstrikes; turkey; usaf
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1 posted on 04/30/2006 4:42:46 PM PDT by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969

I wonder what Turkey will do if it becomes a NATO operation?


2 posted on 04/30/2006 4:43:31 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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To: jmc1969

I suggest that if we attack Iran, we do it by MIRV.


3 posted on 04/30/2006 4:43:39 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: jmc1969

Wait a minute...how did Turkey know the U.S. was going to attack Iran anyway?


4 posted on 04/30/2006 4:44:33 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Remove card rapidly)
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To: jmc1969

Viva Kurdistan!


5 posted on 04/30/2006 4:45:52 PM PDT by denydenydeny ("Osama... made the mistake of confusing media conventional wisdom with reality" (Mark Steyn))
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To: jmc1969

Same story, different country. Some "allies" we have there.

APf


6 posted on 04/30/2006 4:45:53 PM PDT by APFel (Loose ships sink lips.)
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To: jmc1969

What, and I was certain they would..... not.


7 posted on 04/30/2006 4:46:07 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: jmc1969
despite the U.S. offer of a nuclear reactor

Maybe we should have offered them two third-round picks and next year's second-rounder.

8 posted on 04/30/2006 4:46:21 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Exactly, and what are the repurcausions of airing our plans? Then again, didn't a democrat senator tell Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq of our plans in 2002?


9 posted on 04/30/2006 4:46:22 PM PDT by Explorer24 (Leaks are ok when they hurt the USofA)
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To: APFel

Erg, Same story, same country... Feh. Never mind.

APf


10 posted on 04/30/2006 4:46:46 PM PDT by APFel (Loose ships sink lips.)
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To: MikefromOhio
They'll bitch and moan and then fall into line.

Besides we don't really need them. We've got all the bases we need right on Irans border.

Crank up the 'buffs boys.

L

11 posted on 04/30/2006 4:47:01 PM PDT by Lurker (Anyone who doesn't demand an immediate end to illegal immigration is aiding the flesh trade.)
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To: jmc1969

Somehow, this is not surprising.


12 posted on 04/30/2006 4:47:32 PM PDT by jazusamo (-- Married a WAC in '65 and I'm still reenlisting. :-)
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To: Lurker

yeah it isn't as if we don't have HUGE AF bases in Kuwait and Qatar either :)


13 posted on 04/30/2006 4:48:07 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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To: jmc1969

The Turkish govt wouldn't let us us our bases as staging points for the invasion of Iraq either.

This doesn't come as a total surprise. The Turkish govt has become less than cooperative with the US in the last 5 years.

Myabe we should leave Turkey out of our next foreign aid package as a thank you for all their "help" to us.


14 posted on 04/30/2006 4:48:35 PM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: jazusamo

Why is anyone surprised about this? This "moderate" Muslim "democracy" gets more radicalized every election. Hide and watch what happens in Turkey while we keep on cleaning out the Middle East.


15 posted on 04/30/2006 4:50:43 PM PDT by 308MBR (The GOP should remember the fate of the Whigs as they run away from their base.)
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To: jmc1969

It is ridiculous that we have bases in turkey, when we can never use them when they are needed most. How dumb is that.


16 posted on 04/30/2006 4:50:59 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: jmc1969

Well, we could do nothing. Let Iran build it's bomb...to bomb "you know who" Thus launching a world war in which Turkey and most of the rest of the world glows with radioactive sludge for 1,000's of years.


17 posted on 04/30/2006 4:51:53 PM PDT by lexington minuteman 1775
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To: jmc1969

Well, yawn - they didn't let us attack Iraq from their country either. We still got the job done.


18 posted on 04/30/2006 4:52:17 PM PDT by 3catsanadog (When anything goes, everything does.)
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To: Mount Athos
Think we can use our bases in turkey to attack this?


20 posted on 04/30/2006 4:53:51 PM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages - In Honor of Standing Wolf)
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