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...Ozal calls for an atlas and opens it to a map of the region. "Look where we are and what is going on around us," he says. As he traces the boundary of his country's giant neighbor to the north, Ozal reaches with his other hand into his pocket and pulls out a string of jet-black worry beads...
...aide whispers to President Turgut Ozal that his Prime Minister and senior military advisers have arrived, no doubt to discuss the latest American request for the use of Turkish bases in the attack on Iraq, now only hours away. "Let them wait a moment," says Ozal. "The war is important, but so is the nature of the peace that comes after...
...Russian system of empire collapses and new structures take its place," says Ozal, "we can serve as a counter to the influences of religious extremism coming up from here" -- he points to Iran -- "and from here" -- he indicates the Arabian Peninsula. He believes he has persuaded the Kremlin, through its former Foreign Minister, Eduard Shevardnadze, that "Turkey can play a stabilizing role inside the U.S.S.R...
Then he gestures from Pakistan to Algeria: "In all these countries, too many people have too little hope." Hence their susceptibility to Islamic fundamentalism as well as the kind of anti-Western militancy Saddam Hussein personifies but by no means monopolizes. Both those threats, Ozal warns, will survive the present conflict, and they will grow worse if the poor and the helpless feel that the rich and the powerful have prevailed again...
...Ozal was one of the founders of the coalition against Iraq. Last week his government agreed to let the U.S. conduct bombing strikes as well as search- % and-rescue missions from Turkish bases. For its staunchness in this crisis, Turkey will not only want new respect and lasting acceptance -- it will deserve them...