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| Turkish And U.S. Military Officials Meet Over Rules |
| 2003-03-20 |
| Turkish and U.S. military officials started on Thursday discussing scope and implementation of the prime ministry motion on sending Turkish troops abroad and opening Turkish airspace to foreign armed forces' planes. The discussions started at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before approval of the motion. Gee, you'd think they knew it was going to pass or something. The sides have been trying to determine principles and methods regarded with implementation of the issue, which are included in scope of the motion. Translation: U.S. and Turkish military are deciding just how big the loopholes are. The prime ministry motion which was approved by the Parliamentary General Assembly on Thursday gives the government authority on sending Turkish troops abroad and opening Turkish airspace to foreign armed forces' planes for six months. The motion asked the Parliament to approve sending Turkish Armed Forces to Northern Iraq in a way whose content, limit and time would be determined by the government, and using these forces in Northern Iraq within principles that would be determined when necessary in order to maintain an effective deterrence. Let's not bite off more than we can chew, please? The motion also asked the Parliament to allow the government for 6 months to make necessary arrangements for usage of Turkish air space by air elements belonging to foreign armed forces within principles and rules determined by Turkish authorities in a possible military operation. 6 months is more than enough. I need to hear more on the use of Incirlik, can we still cover the northern no-fly zone from there? |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 Regarding airbases, I was wondering if we should consider renaming the "Saddam International Airport" "George W Bush International" featuring non stop service to "George H Bush International" in Houston? ... |
| Posted by: Capsu78 2003-03-20 14:54:26 |