Council, coalition split over Turkish troops

[Nottingham]

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Council, coalition split over Turkish troops
BY JEFF WILKINSON
Knight Ridder Newspapers

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's Governing Council on Saturday expressed adamant opposition to Turkish troops joining U.S.-led coalition forces policing Iraq - an indication that council members are trying to wrest independence from the U.S. officials who appointed them.

Washington's decision to invite Turkish troops to serve as part of the multinational force in Iraq has stirred up tension between the council and the U.S. administrator for Iraq, L. Paul Bremer, Iraqi officials say.

The council and the Coalition Provisional Authority have been discussing the use of Turkish troops.

At issue is how much influence the council will actually have on what is ultimately a coalition decision. The U.N. Security Council recognized the United States and Britain as the occupying powers in Iraq. But U.S.-led Coalition authorities are eager to invest the Council with legitimacy in the eyes of Iraqis, and members of the Council are desperate to revamp a public image which sees them as simple puppets of the Americans.

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I'm telling ya guys the Kurds are majorly ticked off at US for the Turk Troops! Condoleeza Rice is going to have to do some major Lying to smooth this over


Kurds & Iraqi's are waking up to the fact they ARE PUPPETS :bounce:
But they have dealt with Dictators for ALONG TIME

[bahrbearian]

1. Isn't the first time we screwed em'