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http://www.turkishdailynews.com/FrTDN/latest/for.htm#f9 Turkish Daily News February 27, 2003 US ships continue to carry equipment, Patriots arrive in Turkey U.S. cargo ships continued to arrive at one of Turkey's seaports in the southern part of Turkey on Wednesday, carrying military equipment which will be used in upgrading Turkish airbases and seaports, while the first Patriot Missile Systems to protect Turkey in case of a war also arrived the same day. Turkey has permitted the U.S. for site preparations at Turkish airbases and seaports which will be used in a possible invasion of Iraq. Turkey's Parliament is expected to vote this week on a motion to allow up to 62,000 U.S. troops to be stationed here in the event of an operation. Turkey fears support for the U.S. could make it vulnerable to a retaliatory strike by Baghdad. After the U.S. military cargo ship "Cappella", "Gute" and "Rozano" Ro-Ro ships also arrived at Turkey's southern seaport Iskenderun. While the upgrading of Mersin's Tasucu seaport accelerates and the finishing date of upgrading the seaport is foreseen as Thursday, a delegation of American and Turkish military officials visited Mersin's Silifke State Hospital. Meanwhile, U.S. cargo planes continued to arrive at Adana's Incirlik airbase also on Wednesday. The cargo planes are reportedly carrying military equipment that will be used in the site preparations. Two refuelling planes and a Prowlers plane also landed at the airbase on Wednesday. Incirlik is still hosting 50 U.S. and British warplanes that performed in Operation Northern Watch over northern Iraq. Dutch "Patriot" missiles arrive at Turkish port A cargo ship docked at Iskenderun port in southern Turkey on Wednesday and began unloading Dutch Patriot air defence missiles promised for the defence of Turkey in the event of war with Iraq. Large trucks and heavy lifting vehicles marked with the Dutch flag drove in bright sunshine through the open front of a roll-on roll-off ship onto Iskenderun quayside. Turkish military patrolled the harbor, on the eastern Mediterranean coast, and marshalled traffic through the harbor. "These are the Dutch Patriots arriving as per the arrangement," a Western diplomat said. The Patriots are the first consignment promised by the Netherlands to Turkey under a bilateral arrangement. They could be mounted around military bases or cities. AWACS air reconnaissance aircraft were due to arrive under a NATO agreement in the Anatolian city of Konya later on Wednesday to patrol the skies near the Iraqi border. Ankara - Turkish Daily News __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
