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    Turkish government submits resolution to parliament to send soldiers
    to Lebanon

    AP Worldstream; Sep 01, 2006

    Turkey's government on Friday submitted a resolution to parliament to
    send peacekeepers to Lebanon despite public opposition to the
    deployment.

    The parliament is expected to vote on the resolution Tuesday.

    Many Turks fear that their soldiers could end up facing hostile fire
    or could clash with their fellow Muslims. But Prime Minister Recep
    Tayyip Erdogan offered assurances that Turkish soldiers taking part in
    the U.N. peacekeeping mission would not be disarming Hezbollah
    militants.

    According to the resolution, Turkey would contribute an unspecified
    number of troops, a navy task force, support allied countries in air
    and sea shipments, and help train Lebanese army troops.

    Europe, the United States and Israel are all eager to see peacekeepers
    from Muslim Turkey in Lebanon, in the hopes that strong Muslim
    participation would avoid any impression in Lebanon that the
    U.N. peacekeepers are primarily a Christian, European force.

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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