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Washington has repeatedly told Ankara it should not deploy its troops into the Kurdish-controlled region for fear of a ‘war within a war’ between Turkish and Kurdish troops. &#13;&#10;<TABLE width=10 align=right border=0>&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;<TR>&#13;&#10;<TD align=middle><FONT size=2><IMG height=150 src=_/mritems/images/2003/3/21/1_610_1_6.html width=190 border=0></FONT></TD></TR>&#13;&#10;<TR>&#13;&#10;<TD class=imgcaption id=Comment dir=rtl vAlign=top align=middle><FONT size=2><STRONG><FONT size=1>A Turkish (front) and a U.S. army soldiers stand guard at the entrance of a U.S.logistics base near the Turkish-Iraqi border in Nusaybin</FONT></STRONG> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Ankara has declared it will deploy its troops into northern Iraq to stem an influx of refugees and prevent “terrorist” elements from spilling onto Turkish soil. It claims armed Kurds entered Turkey with the exodus of refugees after the 1991 Gulf War that sparked insurgencies among its own Kurdish population.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Kurdish leaders have warned Turkey they would face strong resistance if they intervened. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>A US official told Al-Jazeera Net that there was no justification for Ankara to deploy its troops into northern Iraq because there was no humanitarian crisis after Turkey said it would enter the region on a humanitarian basis. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>A defiant Turkey announced the Chief of its Armed Forces General Hilmi Ozkok would visit the Turkish-Iraqi border late Tuesday, where he planned to hold a press conference in the southeastern town of Silopi. Ankara has reportedly amassed thousands of troops near the border in view of sending them into northern Iraq.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoBodyText style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>Meanwhile, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said they had received a written assurance from Turkey’s Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul on Tuesday that Ankara would not intervene in northern Iraq. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%; mso-layout-grid-align: none&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;>British Prime Minister Tony Blair said he was “satisfied” Turkey would respect borders. Blair had </SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>joined the growing chorus of warnings, saying it would be “entirely unacceptable for there to be any (Turkish) incursion.”</SPAN><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-fareast-language: EN-US&quot;><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>EU sources said on Tuesday the European Commission will propose doubling aid to Ankara to $1.07 billion over the next three years while urging it not to enter northern Iraq.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Chief Commission spokesman Reijo Kemppinen urged Ankara not to deploy its troops, saying such a move would complicate its EU membership. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>EU diplomatic sources said discreet opposition to early accession talks with Turkey was mounting among Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands, which have serious human rights concerns and political sympathy for the Kurds. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel had delivered the sternest warning to date, saying it would be “unthinkable” for Turkey to join the EU if it entered northern Iraq.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>But Belgian Foreign Minister Spokesman Didier Seevws told Al-Jazeera Net that Michel<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp; </SPAN>had not made a link between Ankara’s intervention into northern Iraq and its admission into EU ranks.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Seevws said Belgium said it would re-evaluate the defensive measures taken by NATO if there was a broad Turkish intervention. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>According to the Belgian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Michel said a Turkish deployment into northern Iraq would raise concerns among public opinion in Europe, adding the foreign minister did not oppose the current Turkish troops in northern Iraq.<SPAN style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;>&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>A German government spokesman said there should be no formal linkage between a Turkish deployment and its chances of joining the EU ranks. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>“There are also EU members that are taking part in or supporting the war against Iraq as well as candidates to join the EU,” said government spokesperson Bela Anda. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>British Prime Minister Tony Blair joined the growing chorus of warnings, saying it would be “entirely unacceptable for there to be any (Turkish) incursion.” <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Turkey fears Kurds will take advantage of the turmoil and declare independence, although Kurdish leaders have made it clear they will make no such move. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoNormal style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; DIRECTION: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-KASHIDA: 0%&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>&amp;nbsp;<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoBodyText style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial&quot;>Meanwhile, US General Pete Osman said a military and humanitarian liason centre for northern Iraq and southeast Turkey would be established in the northern Iraqi city Salahaddin. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>&#13;&#10;<P class=MsoBodyText style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;><SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 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