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Article: Turkey, new target of terrorism
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- China Daily
- Article date:
- November 22, 2003
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WASHINGTON: As this week's suicide bombings have underscored,
Turkey's close ties to the United States and Israel and its role as a
secular Muslim state in the volatile Middle East have propelled it
into the front line in the war on terrorism.
Although Ankara opposed the US invasion of Iraq and recently
withdrew an offer to send troops to help with the post-war US
occupation, its vulnerability was laid bare by a stunning series of
catastrophic blasts in Istanbul - two on Thursday and two last
Saturday.
"The American invasion of Iraq has really done considerable damage
to Western interests, particularly American and British interests,
and also has polarized the region further," said Fawaz ...