WAR IN BRIEF : TURKEY : U.S. Adding Arms Aid of $82 Million
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The United States will give Turkey, which has provided military and political support in the Gulf War, an extra $82 million in military aid this year, the U.S. Embassy in Ankara announced. Turkey, the only NATO country bordering Iraq, has let U.S. planes launch bombing raids from its territory. The embassy said Washington had agreed to provide military aid worth $82 million in addition to $553.4 million in grants announced earlier this month.
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