Powell Heading to Turkey for Talks on War

On both fronts, the administration has encountered strains. Turkey banned the use of its territory for an invasion of Northern Iraq, foregoing a $6 billion special aid package.
But President Bush is asking Congress for $1 billion in special aid to Turkey to help cushion the economic impact of the war.
The Europeans, meanwhile, have split over the military operation, with key allies France and Germany refusing to back the United States. Powell’s trip provides an opportunity to try to repair relations.
But in a jab at the Europeans, Bush’s national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, told the pro-Israel American Israel Public Affairs Committee lobby on Monday that if the United States had not stood for its principles in the past, "we would still be living in darkness" – an apparent reference to U.S. intervention in European wars.