Turkey Revises Policy on Iraq

[DuctapeFatwa]

Turkey's policy on Iraq was revised during an "Iraq Summit" held last evening at the Prime Ministry. Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul, National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul, Chief of General Staff Hilmi Ozkok, Second Chief of General Staff Ilker Basbug, Private Representative to Iraq Osman Koruturk, and officials from the Turkish National Intelligence Services (MIT) Under Secretariat participated in the meeting.

The _expression "top level evaluation" was used to describe the meeting in a statement from the Prime Ministry.

Though a detailed statement was not released, a new position was reportedly determined in response to negative developments in Iraq. No information about precautionary measures was given in the statement but it was clear that the Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, issued a directive to state institutions to be in close cooperation.

http://www.zaman.com/?bl=international&alt=&trh=20041015&hn=13025

[Bandit]

1. Doesn't say much if anything about new policy

:shrug: Pretty much nothing here.

[DuctapeFatwa]

2. They have revised it to a secret policy. That is the story

[jmcgowanjm]

3. War-games find Iran strike unfavorable

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20040919-055410-8281r.htm

Yakhont combines the main qualities of future anti-ship - it
has small weight and size, it is invisible for modern
radars (Stealth technologies), it flies at supersonic speed and
is guided autonomously on a "shot-forgot"
principle.
        Yakhont is an operational and tactical missile. It is
designed for hitting complex targets. The new Russian
missile can be used against both a single medium ship of
the destroyer type and against an aircraft-carrier
force.

http://kursk.strana.ru/english/archive/978617257.html

The most intriguing element of the Yakhont is that it is
being offered as an element of a more
elaborate "reconnaissance-strike-complex," with
the reconnaissance element coming from a space-
based Kondor-E radar surveillance satellite.

http://www.aviationnow.com/content/publication/awst/2002outlook/aw177.htm

[jmcgowanjm]

4. Are US and Israel Preparing to Strike Iran?

If the White House and Pentagon are serious about trying
this on, they must now think they can achieve total and
almost instant destruction of the entire Iranian (and Russian,
in Iran) missile capability, and its chain of command.
Also Iranian capability to strike back at US carrier groups in
the Gulf, using Yakhont/Brahmos anti-ship missiles which
Iran also possesses.

http://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/article.asp?ID=2372

If I was Turkey, I'd be revising my game plan
also.

And if I was Iran, I'd have trip wire commands in place.

[livinbella]

5. Does Iran have nuclear Sunburn missles?

One would think so.

[livinbella]

6. How should Turkey revise their game plan?

Too messy for me to figure out.

[DuctapeFatwa]

7. kick to see if anyone has discovered what the secret policy is yet

[bemildred]

8. This is a bizarre story. nt

[are_we_united_yet]

9. "Turkey Revises Policy on Iraq"

Oh. You were talking about the Country.