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US yet to ask Turkey to let hospital ships through: embassy
AFP ^
| 08/16/2008
| AFP
Posted on 08/16/2008 8:40:51 AM PDT by Arkinsaw
ANKARA (AFP) — Washington has made no formal request from Ankara to allow two US hospital ships to sail through the Turkish Straits to Georgia, a US diplomat said Saturday, following reports that Turkey was dragging its feet on making a decision.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: geopolitics; georgia; humanitarianrelief; russia; turkey; usembassy
Russia must be putting some pressure on since Turkey supports Georgia. Dragging their feet on hospital ships going through does not seem to bode well for other Turkish cooperation.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:40:51 AM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: Arkinsaw
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:42:15 AM PDT
by
rrrod
To: Arkinsaw
Turks, experts at ethnic cleansing.....particularly if you’re a christian.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:42:52 AM PDT
by
gitmogrunt
(Eyewitness this....................................)
To: rrrod
Oh no. They're our wonderful NATO partner.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:46:52 AM PDT
by
isrul
(Harriet Quimby~1912~Hannah Reitsch ... A Coincidence?)
To: Arkinsaw
“Turkish cooperation” is generally an amorphous concept.
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:57:57 AM PDT
by
tbpiper
(NObama '08 - Unfit in any color)
To: Arkinsaw; Jeff Head
Can our subs get through without permission or detection?
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posted on
08/16/2008 8:58:20 AM PDT
by
Travis McGee
(--- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com ---)
To: Travis McGee
By treaty subs must be surfaced. It would be hard to impossible to go through undetected.
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posted on
08/16/2008 9:31:20 AM PDT
by
SampleMan
(We are a free and industrious people, socialist nannies do not become us.)
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