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Trouble At Home For the Allies.(Brief Article)
The first target of the September 11 reprisals was Osama bin Laden, and the world pretty much agreed. Next came the Taliban, making some allies restless. Now Iraq may come into the cross hairs, and many leaders in the so-called coalition are finding it increasingly difficult to support the United States. If Iraq is attacked, says Turkish Foreign Minister Ismail Cem, "the coalition would fall apart."
As NATO's only Muslim state, Turkey is a key partner, but it has recently begun to re-establish trade with Baghdad. Not only would military action on Iraq put an end to that, it just might also lead to Kurdish autonomy in northern Iraq--inspiring Turkey's own Kurdish nationalists to fight harder.
A war with Iraq would also test Russian President Vladimir Putin's budding friendship with President Bush. Polls show that most Russians believe the United States is just flexing its muscles in Afghanistan-- and only 57 percent even want the United States to succeed, says one. Attacks on Iraq ...
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