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Western EuropeNovember 3 2003

US loan persuades Turkey to send troops to Iraq

The Turkish government is gearing up to dispatch troops to Iraq to assist in US-led peacekeeping operations and in the rebuilding of its south-eastern neighbour, in return for an $8.5bn soft US loan, despite protests from the Iraqis themselves and from Kurds living in the northern part of the country, writes Metin Demirsar.
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On October 7, Turkey’s National Assembly approved a government

resolution to dispatch 15,000 troops after details of the US loan were

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