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2006-01-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran cuts off natural gas supply to Turkey by 70%
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Posted by Dan Darling 2006-01-24 01:20|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 How to NOT win friends and influence people. Iran's leadership seems hell-bent on making the world cheer when they're decapitated.

"Turkey is the only country in Iran's vicinity on which the US has prepositioned tactical nuclear weapons (an estimated 90) that it could deploy against Iranian facilities."
Perhaps true, but don't forget the subs and other means. And we won't forget how little Turkey helped us with Iraq.
Posted by Darrell 2006-01-24 10:29||   2006-01-24 10:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Why has no one else commented on this.
Am I reading too much into this by thinking this is huge? I don't know how much that 70% accounts for their energy imports, but they essentially put a crunch on Turkey.

Are they hoping to push someone into making a move?
Is this an "example" of what might happen if we bust out the sanctions?

Maybe I've played to much Civ3, but isn't breaking trade like that a prelude to war??
Posted by Anon4021 2006-01-24 16:11||   2006-01-24 16:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Agreed 4021, it has that this is a big deal feeling.
Posted by 6 2006-01-24 16:35||   2006-01-24 16:35|| Front Page Top

#4 This is a pretty raw deal for the average Turkish family, but I don't think calling Turkey "little" would endear too many of them to your point of view.

Even the Belgians resent it, for Godiva's sake.
Posted by Adriane 2006-01-24 16:36||   2006-01-24 16:36|| Front Page Top

#5 it makes me think that Turkey agreed to something that they don't like....such as the use of their air bases...or ??
Posted by 2b 2006-01-24 16:38||   2006-01-24 16:38|| Front Page Top

#6 Er, Adriane, I'll change that "how little Turkey helped us" to "how Turkey helped us little". No sense ruffling their feathers. ;)
Posted by Darrell 2006-01-24 21:04||   2006-01-24 21:04|| Front Page Top

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