Turkey could furnish a safe way home as US departs Iraq

Christian Science Monitor by Gordon Lubold | Feb. 18, 2009 (News Analysis)

Turkey is likely to play a prominent role as the US begins to remove thousands of tons of equipment and supplies from Iraq over the next year or so.

The American military has been quietly shipping construction materials, food, fuel, and other nonlethal items into Iraq through Turkey using a two-lane commercial border crossing known as the Habur Gate in southeastern Turkey. But as the US considers its options for pulling out of Iraq – and the ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S.
Topics: Middle East, Iraq, Turkey, Foreign Policy, War in Iraq
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Feb 18, 2009 - 1:39 AM PST
Reviewed by: Derek Hawkins (review), Dale Penn (review), Gary Clark (review), Geneneiva Pearson (review)
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Feb 18, 2009 - 1:39 AM PST

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Gary Clark
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 by Gary Clark - Feb. 19, 2009

Turkey's potential importance as a strategic US route out of Iraq is the limited topic of this article. Limited US-Turkey relationship history is given, but leaves me wanting details of the frictions of 2003 leading to cooperation in Kurdish issues, and a broader understanding of alliance, and Turkey's payoff for that.

Turkey is an under-reported power player in the Middle East, and is critical to US interests. This piece could be much more enlightening.

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Dale Penn
3.5
 by Dale Penn - Feb. 18, 2009

I learned a lot from this, but wish it had more clearly identified sourcing. Lubold has been covering the region since 2000 according to the brief bio I found online (see link below).

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Derek Hawkins
3.5
 by Derek Hawkins - Feb. 18, 2009
Derek posted this story.
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Geneneiva Pearson
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 by Geneneiva Pearson - Mar. 24, 2009

Yes. The story is well rounded with both past history, the present, and the future written into the story. I was impressed with the clarity of the story.

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