Istanbul
Turkish military leaders complained this week that the U.S. had violated their honor by capturing 11 Turkish soldiers in Iraq. U.S. officials said the Turks were linked to a plot to assassinate an American-backed Iraqi official, a charge that Turkish leaders denied. The detainees were released after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Vice President Dick Cheney the U.S. was “about to lose a very valuable ally.” Relations between the two nations have been strained since Turkey refused to let American troops invade Iraq from Turkish territory. A Turkish general said the arrests had made matters worse, and produced “the biggest crisis of confidence ever between the U.S. and Turkish armed forces.”
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