Ankara Uncomfortable with Garner’s Remark

According to the decision, all cities in Iraq are the common cities of Iraq. The discomfort felt by Ankara will be transmitted to U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Robert Deutsch today. Garner had commanded a peace operation with at the end of the first gulf war for the purpose of helping Kurds trying to escape from the region. Meanwhile, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer announced that the U.S. administration supported the idea of Iraq being ruled by a leader having an Islamic viewpoint. Fleischer stated that he hoped the democracy in Turkey would be taken as a model for Iraq.

Salih Boztas / Ankara / TURKEY