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[PEN-L:34150] $4 billion



Will the Bush Administration affer $4 billion in education and health
care to the American Peace Movement if it backs off?  I doubt it.

Dan Scanlan

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The International Herald Tribune | www.iht.com

$4 billion offer to Turkey
Alan Friedman and Thomas Crampton/IHT International Herald Tribune
Monday, January 27, 2003

U.S. dangles compensation for a role in war

DAVOS, Switzerland The United States, seeking to ensure Turkey's
military cooperation in an eventual war against Iraq, is offering at
least $4 billion to compensate Ankara for economic damage it might
suffer as a result of playing an active role in the U.S.-led
coalition.

"If Turkey helps us in the war, we want to help Turkey with the
economic consequences of its role in that war," a senior U.S.
official said Sunday, speaking on the condition of anonymity.......




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