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Erdogan: Decision on Sending Peacekeepers to Lebanon out of Question
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.09.2006 14:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
that he did not regret the decision to send Turkish troops to Lebanon,
adding, "If only the March 1 resolution [to send troops to Iraq] had
passed." "The ratification of the official sanction by parliament to
send troops to Lebanon has been a step forward," Erdogan said.
I wish we had agreed to have troops in Iraq. We'd have an entirely a
different picture than what is the case today. I'm quite clear about
this, and I believe in what I'm saying. We would not have the negative
picture we have today. That's what I've been arguing for. It was
clear what part of Iraq would be given to our control. Where? Northern
Iraq. But we agreed not to send troops there. I'm asking this question
now: have we had losses even though we didn't send troops?
We're right in line next to the U.S. in terms of casualties and death
tolls. We've also suffered more losses than the British. Who are those
we lost? The Turkish drivers, engineers, workers and so on. Anyone
working over there is unavoidably caught between two lines of fire,"
reported CNN Turk.
PanARMENIAN.Net
08.09.2006 14:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said
that he did not regret the decision to send Turkish troops to Lebanon,
adding, "If only the March 1 resolution [to send troops to Iraq] had
passed." "The ratification of the official sanction by parliament to
send troops to Lebanon has been a step forward," Erdogan said.
I wish we had agreed to have troops in Iraq. We'd have an entirely a
different picture than what is the case today. I'm quite clear about
this, and I believe in what I'm saying. We would not have the negative
picture we have today. That's what I've been arguing for. It was
clear what part of Iraq would be given to our control. Where? Northern
Iraq. But we agreed not to send troops there. I'm asking this question
now: have we had losses even though we didn't send troops?
We're right in line next to the U.S. in terms of casualties and death
tolls. We've also suffered more losses than the British. Who are those
we lost? The Turkish drivers, engineers, workers and so on. Anyone
working over there is unavoidably caught between two lines of fire,"
reported CNN Turk.