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...when a flood of 450,000 Kurdish refugees into Turkey was joined by armed insurgents who went on to reignite a civil war. Turkish-controlled camps within Iraq would help prevent that from happening. In the meantime, the Turks have stepped up their military presence in the eastern part of the country and within Iraq itself, with as many as 20,000 troops at a time operating in a region patrolled by U.S. and British warplanes, the Turkish official told TIME. "We've learned our lesson," he said. --By Andrew Purvis
TURKEY Virtue of Necessity With war looming on its eastern border, Turkey gave in to U.S. demands - and inducements - to open up its bases for use by American troops in an invasion of Iraq. Parliament approved a key measure to upgrade ports and bases. Most of the yes votes came from the ruling Justice and Development party (AK), which until now has been an outspoken opponent of the war. "When there is no chance left to block a war, it means participating in re-establishing peace as soon as possible," AK leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan told deputies. To sweeten...
Harvard-Dartmouth has been among the premier matchups in Eastern women’s college hockey. For the better part of four seasons, it has been the ECAC’s biggest draw...
...first time since before the war the band may be forced to stay home while the football team plays on an eastern gridiron, band manager Frank W. Hopkins '52 revealed last night...
However, he said, “Without belittling the horror of that day, I do sometimes wonder if America’s concentration on that one day is dangerous self-absorption,” pointing out the greater number of civilian deaths in Middle Eastern countries that the American and European media rarely mention...