Information leaked from the meeting of the Turkish parliament on Monday revealed that the Turkish authorities permitted a team composed of 36 experts from the CIA, accompanied by Turkish Intelligence officers, to enter North Iraq during the 9th and 10th months of 2002 and that this team arrested some 150 Iraqis suspected to be agents for the Intelligence of the Iraqi regime and they were transported to a third country for questioning.
Officials at the Turkish Army Chief of Staff said during the meeting that the Turkish government agreed that an American team, composed of 150 military experts, accompanied by army officers from the Turkish army, could examine the Turkish air force and ports which Washington asked to be used in any forthcoming military operation against Iraq on January 16th.
The information was leaked from the meeting and quoted by the Turkish mass media, Wednesday, that Lt. Gen. Baker Kalyounji, the chairman of the planning movement in the Turkish Army Presidency, said in the meeting that the U.S. had redrawn the Middle East, once again and is determined to change the regime in Iraq which is rich in oil reserves that meet the American oil reserves requirements for 100 years, besides the U.S. determination to stay long in the region, following the military operation.
Officials at the Turkish Army Chief of Staff said during the meeting that the Turkish government agreed that an American team, composed of 150 military experts, accompanied by army officers from the Turkish army, could examine the Turkish air force and ports which Washington asked to be used in any forthcoming military operation against Iraq on January 16th.
The information was leaked from the meeting and quoted by the Turkish mass media, Wednesday, that Lt. Gen. Baker Kalyounji, the chairman of the planning movement in the Turkish Army Presidency, said in the meeting that the U.S. had redrawn the Middle East, once again and is determined to change the regime in Iraq which is rich in oil reserves that meet the American oil reserves requirements for 100 years, besides the U.S. determination to stay long in the region, following the military operation.