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Turkey to back U.S. Afghan effort with 90 troops
Reuters
| 11/01/01
Posted on 11/01/2001 1:56:36 AM PST by kattracks
ANKARA, Nov 1 (Reuters) - NATO's only Muslim member state Turkey said on Thursday it would contribute 90 special force troops to assist the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan.
"Our government has decided to task a special forces unit of around 90 members for the mission (for Afghanistan)," the government said in a written statement issued after a cabinet meeting.
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posted on
11/01/2001 1:56:36 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
I have the utmost confidence in Turkish troops, let alone their special forces. If this outfit can't go into Bin's neighborhood and get him it would surprise me.
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posted on
11/01/2001 2:08:16 AM PST
by
meenie
To: kattracks
But gee, I thought all Muslim nations were united against the Great Satan in this holy war!
Thank you, Turkey! (They're kind of growing on me. Anything we can do to help you with Greece? Just kidding.)
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posted on
11/01/2001 2:24:25 AM PST
by
NYS_Eric
To: NYS_Eric
There are at least two major factions of Muslims in the mid-east / central asia. The
Arabs/Wahhabis are radically anti-Western, anti-modern, and totalitarian; the "Turkish" peoples (Turk, Turkmen, Tajik, Uzbek, etc) are more liberated, modern and pro-western. Many of the latter are adopting western culture and economics, and some former soviet republics are even adopting the latin alphabet for their language.
There's a real possibility in this Clash of Civilizations that this subgroup of Islam can be internal ally we need, and the one that can transform the culture to a docile one - after we eliminate the bad guys.
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posted on
11/01/2001 4:19:42 AM PST
by
sanchmo
To: sanchmo
The Republic of Turkey (just turned 78) has been using the latin alphabet since the 1920s.
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posted on
11/01/2001 5:32:18 AM PST
by
a_Turk
To: a_Turk
Hello and welcome a_Turk. Great to have you here. I look forward to seeing your take on events.
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posted on
11/01/2001 6:41:38 AM PST
by
sanchmo
To: sanchmo
Thanks, and it's great to be here.
I was irked by the ultra religious on this site at first, but later discovered that there are a bunch of great people around.
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posted on
11/01/2001 8:40:39 AM PST
by
a_Turk
To: a_Turk
Like the picture. Can you provide a translation?
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posted on
11/01/2001 9:07:47 PM PST
by
Stultis
To: Stultis
Don't laugh! Here goes.
Son Haber: Last News
Ankara "Olur" dedi: Ankara "it shal be" said
Bakanlar Kurulu: the cabinet
ABD'nin asker talebine: to the USA's request for soldiers
olumlu yanit verdi: gave a positive response
Karari Sezer'de onayladi: The decision Sezer (that's the prez) too affirmed.
In other words:
Breaking news!
Ankara gave the green light
The cabinet agreed with the American request for soldiers, which the President also aproved.
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posted on
11/01/2001 9:43:20 PM PST
by
a_Turk
To: sanchmo
Thanks for the link to Clash of Civilizations. Probably the most sincere article about areas also including my neck of the woods written by a westerner I have read in a long time.
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posted on
11/03/2001 2:40:21 PM PST
by
a_Turk
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