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Myers gets Green Light from Turks [My Excerpted Translation]
Aksam (Turkish Daily) ^ | 1/21/2003 | N/A

Posted on 01/20/2003 8:46:56 PM PST by a_Turk

According to the Turkish daily Aksam, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff formally asked the Republic of Turkey for 8 airbases, 3 ports and transit rights for 80,000 US soldiers. 60,000 of these soldiers would cross into Irak, while 20,000 would remain in Turkey. Turkish officials, however, granted a visa for 4 airbases, 2 ports and 40,000 soldiers, 30,000 of which would cross into Irak and 10,000 of which would stay in Turkey.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: irak; turkey; usa
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Our guys feel they have to match you.. Someone explain to me why you need to keep soldiers in Turkey?
1 posted on 01/20/2003 8:46:56 PM PST by a_Turk
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To: 11B3; 2Trievers; alethia; AM2000; another cricket; Antonius Block versus Death; ...
ping..
2 posted on 01/20/2003 8:47:46 PM PST by a_Turk (The price of oil is always high.. Question is who pays it.)
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To: a_Turk
The Turks are getting smarter all the time.
3 posted on 01/20/2003 8:48:57 PM PST by oyez (Is this a great country...........Or what?)
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To: a_Turk
Someone explain to me why you need to keep soldiers in Turkey?

Because we haven't conquered Iraq and put Saddam's head on a stick.

4 posted on 01/20/2003 8:49:51 PM PST by Poohbah (Beware the fury of a patient man -- John Dryden)
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To: a_Turk
Airbase protection and support crews; logistics (note the ports); strategic reserve.
5 posted on 01/20/2003 8:51:04 PM PST by Starrgaizr
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To: a_Turk
Reserves and supply/logistics perhaps? Also for air operations, they would base out of country?

a guess, some of the military folks here more expert than I on such a question.


BTW, if you really are a Turk wlecome to Free Republic ... hope to see more Freepers in that part of the world! :-)
6 posted on 01/20/2003 8:51:08 PM PST by WOSG
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To: Poohbah
No, let me rephrase: Why move 80000 soldiers to Turkey and only move 60000 of those into Irak?
7 posted on 01/20/2003 8:51:18 PM PST by a_Turk (The price of oil is always high.. Question is who pays it.)
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To: WOSG
Yeah, I really am a Turk.


8 posted on 01/20/2003 8:53:05 PM PST by a_Turk (The price of oil is always high.. Question is who pays it.)
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To: a_Turk
Um, so that when we are done we can take over Turkey too? Ha ha! Just idding - a little Imperialist American Joke there Ha ha!

;0)
9 posted on 01/20/2003 8:53:43 PM PST by Chad Fairbanks (We've got Armadillos in our trousers. It's really quite frightening.)
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To: a_Turk
Not everybody who was in Saudi Arabia went into Kuwait and Iraq back in 1991.

A lot of rear area functions would still need to be performed in Turkey after the war got started--like moving food, ammo and fuel from the port of entry to the front lines, or combat sorties out of Incirlik AFB.
10 posted on 01/20/2003 8:54:14 PM PST by Poohbah (Beware the fury of a patient man -- John Dryden)
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To: a_Turk
Medical, intelligence, logistics, and supply troops must all stay behind the front lines to keep the thing going.

This is excellent news. It will even be better if you tell me that one of the bases is at Batman, Turkey. That was one of the sites we were looking at, and you don't have a Godzilla, Turkey.

11 posted on 01/20/2003 8:54:35 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: a_Turk
Possibly to protect the regime from angry Muslim extremists?
12 posted on 01/20/2003 8:54:37 PM PST by maro
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To: maro
>>Possibly to protect the regime from angry Muslim extremists?

LOL! That would be cute..
13 posted on 01/20/2003 8:57:08 PM PST by a_Turk (The price of oil is always high.. Question is who pays it.)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
a little Imperialist American Joke there

ROFLMAO............really ROFLMAO.

14 posted on 01/20/2003 8:57:49 PM PST by Howlin (I'm Elizabeth Taylor, so now you can tell everybody you know me, too!)
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To: Dog Gone
The article does not spell out which airfields will host you. I'll let you know when news arrives.
15 posted on 01/20/2003 8:58:54 PM PST by a_Turk (The price of oil is always high.. Question is who pays it.)
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To: a_Turk
A Northern front? To make sure the Kurds don't come gushing into Turkey from Iraq when the war starts?
16 posted on 01/20/2003 9:00:15 PM PST by LdSentinal
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To: LdSentinal
We've already made accommodations for 50,000 families south of the border. That's tent cities, not ditches, BTW..
17 posted on 01/20/2003 9:01:55 PM PST by a_Turk (The price of oil is always high.. Question is who pays it.)
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To: a_Turk
Probably just support, logisitics.
18 posted on 01/20/2003 9:02:36 PM PST by Shermy
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To: a_Turk
Our guys feel they have to match you..

I doubt pride or fear is at play. More like protect the Turkoman areas/goodies and make sure the Kurds don't declare independence.

19 posted on 01/20/2003 9:04:47 PM PST by Shermy
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To: a_Turk
Uhmmm...you live in the States, though, right? (according to your profile)

If you do I think you need to clarify that for a few of our fellow FReepers.
20 posted on 01/20/2003 9:04:56 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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