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| Large convoy of US forces moving towards Iraq |
| 2003-04-06 |
| A large convoy of US trailers carrying military equipment, jeeps and armored vehicles ere seen moving towards Turkey's southern borders with Iraq on Saturday night. According to the IRNA correspondent in Turkey's Kurdistan Province, this is the largest US military convoy seen in Turkey during the past months, which left the Eskandaroun Port on Saturday evening and will probably enter Iraq through the Khabour border later on Saturday night, or early Sunday morning. Such military transportations are often done at night to observe maximum security measures. The US forces in Turkey's border regions with Iraq have been in a few cases attacked, following which the Turkish forces adopted severe measures aimed at ensuring the US forces' security. The continuation of US military transportations that accelerated following the US Secretary of State Colin Powell's last week visit of Ankara is contrary to the decision of the Turkish Parliament that has twice opposed permitting the US forces to use their country's soil or attacking Iraq, or for transferring military forces and equipment. The Turkish officials argue that such military moves are based on the February 6, 2003 ratification of the parliament that permits the US army to cooperate in reconstruction of a number of Turkey's air bases and ports, but there are apparently no ports or air bases along the path of the US convoy. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |