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Hurriyet Daily News February 10, 2010 Top NATO commander seeks more Turkish forces for Afghanistan FULYA OZERKAN -Asked what the U.S. would do if a more powerful country would drop bombs on it like the U.S. did on Afghanistan, McChrystal said: “I believe that if a force is there to help a country protect its own sovereignty then I would cooperate with that force...." Camp Dogan, KABUL: The top NATO commander in Afghanistan restates his request for combat troops and praises Turkey’s role as he meets with Turkish journalists visiting a Turkish military camp in the war-torn country. ‘Turkish forces are exactly where I think they should be. I think all coalition forces have learned a lot by emulating the way they operate in this environment,’ he says. Reaffirming America’s insistence for more combat troops, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan renewed his call Wednesday for more soldiers from Turkey and other NATO allies.... “The request for forces that I make goes to NATO and I don’t ask for particular countries, I just ask for good forces and I hope we get them,” U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who is also the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, told a group of Turkish journalists at Camp Dogan, one of the three Turkish bases in Kabul. “Coalition forces are going to increase, not just American forces...,” he said. .... Asked what the U.S. would do if a more powerful country would drop bombs on it like the U.S. did on Afghanistan, McChrystal said: “I believe that if a force is there to help a country protect its own sovereignty then I would cooperate with that force if it was a coalition like this. So I believe that if I thought people were there to help me, my family, my countrymen, I would cooperate.” .... =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ==============================
