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TURKEY UNITED STATES

U.S. Hopes to Prevail with Ankara

The Turkish parliament's snub to the Pentagon on March 1 reflected sentiments that are shared by a number of senior Turkish security officials. [...]

Published on 06/03/2003 at 10:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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A diplomat for MIT

Turkey's intelligence agency used to focus exclusively on operations against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), but it is poised to diversify under the leadership of its new boss, a former diplomat.

IRAQ 29/08/2002

Political Clout of Iraqi Dissidents

With the U.S. apparently moving towards military action in Iraq, the many opponents of Saddam Hussein's regime who live abroad are lining up to take over the country's leadership.

CENTRAL ASIA 11/07/2002

Energy Cards Reshuffled in Central Asia

In less than a month, the stalemate on the share-out of the Caspian Sea's oil and an agreement on future pipelines have altered the whole power picture in Central Asia.

IRAQ UNITED STATES 03/01/2002

Military and Turkish military sources have confirmed to Intelligence Online that preparations for military operations against Iraq have reached an "advanced" stage. Elsewhere, Ankara and Tehran are stepping up contacts.

IRAN UNITED STATES 18/10/2001

Iran and the U.S. Mending Fences

For the first time in 22 years, the U.S. administration and the Iranian regime are holding top-level talks. The two have a common aim: get rid of the Taliban's Sunni regime in Afghanistan and install a new government in Baghdad.

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WHY WASHINGTON PLAYS SHI'ITE CARD

The second-ranking diplomat at the U.S. embassy in Ankara, Frank Ricciardone, who was named Washington's special representative for the "Iraqi [...]

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IRAQ UNITED STATES 14/01/1999

TOUGH TEST FOR U.S. CODE-BREAKERS

The huge electronic spying operation carried out since 1996 in Iraq by the United States, Israel, Britain and several other countries via UNSCOM raises a lot of questions. One concerns its effectiveness. The results appear to have fallen short of [.

CENTRAL ASIA 02/07/1998

SECURITY ALLIANCE FOR PIPELINE

The intelligence chiefs of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Turkey met for the first time in late May in Istanbul to [...]

MIDDLE EAST 20/11/1997

RIYAD FORBIDS USE OF BASES

The Saudi Arabian defense minister, prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, who is recovering in Morocco from an operation in Switzerland [...]

TURKEY 12/06/1997

ANKARA SETS SECURITY ZONE IN IRAQ

The offensive launched by the Turkish army against PKK supporters on May 14 was aimed essentially at establishing a security [...]

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SAUDI ARABIA UNITED STATES 13/03/1997

SAUDIS AND AMERICANS DIFFER OVER SECURITY

Greeted like a head of state in Washington, Saudi Arabia's defense minister, prince Sultan Ibn Abd al Aziz, nonetheless made it plain to president Bill Clinton and his new security team that the Riyadh government differs over American security policy [.

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IRAN IRAQ 05/09/1996

KURDISTAN THE ARENA FOR IRAN-IRAQ WAR

The factional fighting between Masoud Barzani's Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Jalal Talabani's Kurdistan Patriotic Union (KPU) should be seen essentially as a new war between Iran and Iraq with Kurds serving as surrogates. A year ago Tehran infiltrated between [.

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SUDAN 07/09/1994

FRENCH GAME, AMERICAN TRUMPS

The release of French hostages in Lebanon in 1988 was achieved by secret non-governmental networks set up by Interior Minister Charles Pasqua. But this time the kidnapping of Carlos (Ilich Ramirez Sanchez) in Sudan on 14 August was not a [.

IRAQ 27/10/1993

HELP IN PARIS, MOSCOW & PEKIN?

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EAST EUROPE 28/04/1993

BUYING OUT OF PROLIFERATION?

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TURKEY 07/10/1992

AN UNDECLARED WAR

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A diplomat for MIT

Political Clout of Iraqi Dissidents

Energy Cards Reshuffled in Central Asia

Assault of Iraq Shaping Up

Iran and the U.S. Mending Fences

WHY WASHINGTON PLAYS SHI'ITE CARD

TOUGH TEST FOR U.S. CODE-BREAKERS

SECURITY ALLIANCE FOR PIPELINE

RIYAD FORBIDS USE OF BASES

ANKARA SETS SECURITY ZONE IN IRAQ

SAUDIS AND AMERICANS DIFFER OVER SECURITY

KURDISTAN THE ARENA FOR IRAN-IRAQ WAR

FRENCH GAME, AMERICAN TRUMPS

HELP IN PARIS, MOSCOW & PEKIN?

BUYING OUT OF PROLIFERATION?

AN UNDECLARED WAR

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