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U.S. tells Turkey state to stay intact
Washington Times ^ | 1/29/04 | Megan McCloskey

Posted on 01/29/2004 1:50:57 AM PST by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:12:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

President Bush told the prime minister of Turkey yesterday that the United States supported a unified Iraq, addressing Turkish fears that the Kurds would be granted an independent state.

"I assured him that the United States' ambition is for a peaceful country, a democratic Iraq that is territorially intact," Mr. Bush told reporters after a White House meeting with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.


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TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bush43; erdogan; kurdishstate; kurds; powerstruggle; rebuildingiraq; turkey

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