From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Turkey: 16 NATO Nations Begin Combat Exercise Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Turkish Daily News October 6, 2001 ? 16 NATO nations prepare for combat exercises in northwestern Turkey More than 5,000 soldiers from 16 NATO nations have begun arriving in northwestern Turkey for an annual combat exercise, a spokesman said Friday. The exercise, which coincides with U.S. efforts to put together an international coalition to fight terrorism, is designed to train a highly mobile NATO combat land force, said Col. Volkan Akben, a Turkish military spokesman. The exercise was scheduled long before the September terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. Troops began arriving early this week. The exercise, called Adventure Exchange 2001, begins Sunday with artillery exercises near the town of Kirklareli, some 250 kilometers (156 miles) northeast of Istanbul. The exercises end Oct. 25. Hundreds of U.S. troops are taking part in the exercise. NATO members on Thursday granted the United States automatic and unlimited access to their airfields and ports and agreed to deploy ships and early-warning radar planes in Washington's campaign against terrorism. Ankara - The Associated Press _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
