-Caveat Lector- >From http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_world_8146276_15/10/2002_22013
S/E EUROPE Turkey to set up ‘security belt’ ANKARA (AFP) - Turkey said yesterday it would set up a “security belt” in northern Iraq if the United States hits Baghdad, and renewed a threat of military action to prevent the establishment of a Kurdish state in the region. Defense Minister Sabahattin Cakmakoglu said in an interview with NTV television that if a US operation against Iraq triggered a refugee exodus, Turkish troops would move into northern Iraq to stop the wave within Iraqi borders. “This will be a force of a number sufficient for such a job. This will at the same time (ensure) our border security and constitute a security belt,” Cakmakoglu said. Turkey is already keeping several hundred troops in northern Iraq. “The Turkish armed forces are a deterrent force, both with respect to its size and its weapons... If this deterrent force impedes the situation we do not want in Iraq, it will have have completed its objective,” Cakmakoglu said. “But if we do not get a result through this deterrent force, then we have to move one step forward. This could be a show of force if necessary, or an intervention,” he added. Cakmakoglu spoke about a number of military options available to Turkey, while stressing that parliamentary approval was required for operations outside the country. “I do not see the possibility of a war at present, but we will have to bring the issue to Parliament and take a decision, be it a dispatch of soldiers, a (military) exercise, or even a show of force to indicate that we are balancing the situation,” he said. Allowing the establishment of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq would mean “saying yes” for possible moves by the Kurds of Turkey, Iran and Syria to join it afterward, Cakmakoglu said. “I do not think there is even a probability, for us nor Syria and Iran nor even Iraqi officials... to say yes to that,” he said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A<>E<>R + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Forwarded as information only; I don't believe everything I read or send (but that doesn't stop me from considering it; obviously SOMEBODY thinks it's important) + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + "Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut." --- Ernest Hemingway <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://archive.jab.org/ctrl@;listserv.aol.com/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
