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http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/for.htm#f4 Turkish Daily News March 11, 2003 US military activities increases in southeastern Turkey -Washington is anxiously waiting for the green light from Turkey to dispatch tens of thousands of combat troops to Turkey for an Iraq operation. Semi official Anatolia news agency reported on Monday that also the activities of U.S. officials and the transportation of military equipment to Gaziantep air base has increased. The only logistics base up to now, set up in Mardin, hosts dozens of jeeps, ambulances, trucks and fuel-haulers lined behind the walled compound, surrounded by barbed-wire. Some Turkish and a few U.S. soldiers stood guard outside the perimeter of the base set up last week on the outskirts of this southeastern town. Some 30 more trucks carrying more U.S. jeeps and military equipment left the eastern Turkish port of Iskenderun for a 15-hour convoy to the base early Sunday. The operation is run by some of 3,500 U.S. troops authorized by Turkey two months ago under a separate deal to start preparations at ports and air bases for the arrival of combat troops. The compound, once a grain refinery and warehouse complex, is just a few kilometers away from a small civilian airport and hundreds of meters away from the main road running to the Iraqi border. U.S. military logistic personnel have also been looking to rent land closer to Iraq, apparently in a bid to set up new bases, locals said. Meanwhile, Anatolia reported that U.S. military equipment and jeeps had been unloaded from the U.S. ship and left Mersin port to reach the logistics base in Mardin. Washington is anxiously waiting for the green light from Turkey to dispatch tens of thousands of combat troops to Turkey for an Iraq operation. Amid rising tensions with Iraqi Kurds, a mechanized infantry unit of Turkish M-113 armored personnel carriers conducted drills on Sunday within the perimeter of a Turkish base, just three kilometers (2 miles) from the U.S. compound in Kiziltepe. The drills coincided with unconfirmed reports that the Turkish military had sent a number of tanks overnight into northern Iraq. Local people said the tanks were using portable metal bridges and moving in the dark to pass the river of Hezil that divides Turkey and Iraq. Military officials would not confirm the report. Ankara - Turkish Daily News __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
