Re: Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-27 Thread Ken Hanly
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:03 PM Subject: [PEN-L:24352] Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy > > Here is the article I based my opinion on: From the > > Times of India > > > > Iraq breaks ground at summit, recognises Kuwaiti rights > > >

Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-26 Thread Sabri Oncu
> Here is the article I based my opinion on: From the > Times of India > > Iraq breaks ground at summit, recognises Kuwaiti rights > > AFP [ MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2002 9:23:29 PM ] Possibly the above article was written before the first day of the summit ended? Several others, such as Jordan Times a

Re: RE: Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-26 Thread Ken Hanly
Here is the article I based my opinion on: From the Times of India Iraq breaks ground at summit, recognises Kuwaiti rights AFP [ MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2002 9:23:29 PM ] EIRUT: Iraq has softened its line towards Kuwait, saying for the first time in a formal document to an Arab summit that it recog

RE: Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-26 Thread Sabri Oncu
Ken writes: > . By the way I understand that Kuwait is not in > favor of a US attack and that Iraq has just recently > made conciliatory gestures toward Kuwait. ... Ken, This happened very recently. Sabri +++ Old Foes Kuwait and Iraq Clash at Arab Meeting Mon Mar 25, 3:07 PM ET

Re: RE: Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-25 Thread Ken Hanly
pport from the Kurds or even Shiites in the south who might want to join Iran. Cheers, Ken Hanly - Original Message - From: "Sabri Oncu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PEN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 5:01 PM Subject: [PEN-L:24320] RE:

Re: RE: Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-25 Thread Dan Scanlan
> >Former director of the U.S. intelligence agency, the CIA, James >Woolsey said that links between the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks >and Iraq were obvious, commenting that only Turkey's support of >an operation on Iraq would be vital. > >Taking part in a CNN television program, Woolsey spoke about

RE: Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-25 Thread Sabri Oncu
These should give you some information on the current economic conditions, of course, if you take them at the face value. Sabri +++ Privatization Minister says sell-offs so far unsatisfactory Turkish Daily News, March 25, 2002 Turkey has carried out $7.4 billion worth of sell-offs since 19

RE: Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-25 Thread Sabri Oncu
This doesn't say anything about the economy but it shows how important Turkey is to the US operation in Iraq. Sabri Former CIA chief says Iraq-Al-Qaeda links obvious Turkish Daily News - March 25, 2002 Former director of the U.S. intelligence agency, the CIA, James

Re: Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-25 Thread Sabri Oncu
> Maybe some of our Turkish Pen-lers might have > comments on this. > > Cheers, Ken Hanly Ken, I am not ignoring your question. I was waiting for a response from those Turkish Pen-lers who live in Turkey. As far as I remember from an earlier post of Michael, from some six months ago or so, there

Iraq war and the Turkish economy

2002-03-24 Thread Ken Hanly
Maybe some of our Turkish Pen-lers might have comments on this. Cheers, Ken Hanly