Turkey to Allow U.S. to Use Bases Under a Smaller Plan

(New York Times) - Turkey to Allow U.S. to Use Bases Under a Smaller Plan The Turkish foreign minister described a scaled-down U.S. force deployment that would be large enough to tie down Iraqi troops in the northern part of the country while a larger American force attacks Baghdad from the south. The Turks envision a force of 15,000 U.S. troops and not 80,000 as originally proposed.