US offers Turkey billions to aid invasionOn the brink of war : Split in the alliance By Raymond Whitaker 16 February 2003 A way out of the crisis which has cast doubt on the future of Nato is likely to be found early this week, according to diplomatic sources, possibly in time for the emergency EU summit on Iraq. The refusal of France, Germany and Belgium to let Nato start defensive planning for Turkey plunged the organisation into one of the most serious crises in its 54-year history. But following revised proposals by the alliance's secretary-general, Lord Robertson, it is...