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Powell: U.S. Can Wage War Without Turks


(New York Times) Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. would make plans to wage war against Iraq without Turkish help if the government in Ankara did not reverse its refusal to take part "in the next several days." Powell said the U.S. military was "flexible enough" to handle an invasion of Iraq with or without the Turks, and that the U.S. and Turkey would remain "close friends for many years in the future." Administration officials concede that opinion polls indicate that nearly 90% of the Turkish people oppose a war with Iraq.
2003-03-05 00:00:00
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