Word: turkish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Iraq's army overruns Kuwait. President Bush orders U.S. economic embargo against Iraq; West European and Japanese governments follow suit. U.N. Security Council orders worldwide embargo on trade with Iraq. Bush deploys U.S. combat troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia. Turkey cuts off exports from Iraqi oil pipeline through Turkish territory Britain joins multinational force in Persian Gulf. Iraq closes borders to foreigners, trapping thousands of Americans and other Westerners in Iraq and Kuwait. Twelve of 20 Arab League states vote to send all-Arab military force to Saudi defense...
Bush claims that an international force has united against Iraq. Yet this force would not exist were it not for U.S. pressure. U.S. bribes and threats are all that hold this "coalition" together. The U.S. had to forgive Egyptian and Turkish debts to gain support. On the other hand, anticipating a "no" vote by Yemen on a recent U.N. Security Council resolution, the American ambassador was instructed to tell the Yemeni envoy that it would be "the costliest `no' vote you will ever make...
Turkey has won praise from Washington for its support. But Prime Minister Turgut Ozal's hawkishness may have led the West to overrate Turkey's commitment. In a recent poll, 72% of respondents opposed Turkish military involvement...
Some 27,000 Kurds, driven from Iraq two years ago by Saddam Hussein's poison- gas attacks, still live in camps on the Iraqi-Turkish border. The U.S. has been urging Turkey to assimilate these refugees, but Turkey, which has 8 million Kurds (out of a total population of 57 million), is reluctant to take in more. A Kurdish separatist movement is simmering in Turkey, and the border camps contain experienced fighters. To demonstrate its concern -- and to set an example -- Washington plans to allow about 1,500 Kurds into the U.S., probably beginning in January, with more to follow...
...Iraq's supplies substantially. Besides, Iraq has had a record harvest this year; the markets contain plenty of fruits and vegetables. One reason for the bountiful supplies is that Saddam's government has eased many controls on farmers and increased food prices. Higher prices have also inspired Iranian and Turkish smugglers to supply the black market...