[Larry Lucido]

Ankara says the country already incurred losses of some 40 billion dollars (euros) due to trade sanctions against Baghdad since the 1991 Gulf War.

A strike against Iraq would probably be disruptive, but I would think that a change of regimes in Iraq would be good for Turkey in the long run (i.e., the sanctions currently in effect could eventually be lifted).

[Shermy]

$40 billion is probably an overestimate by far. But they've lost a lot in transit fees of Iraqi oil, for example. The Saudis profitted by sanctions by making up for the Iraqi cuts. That's one good reason they're not to up on taking on Hussein.