"Turkey offers the US a path out of Iraq
Withdrawal via Turkey could test some of Obama's campaign promises.
By Nichole Sobecki
Published: March 18, 2009 23:20 ET
Updated: March 18, 2009 23:42 ET
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ISTANBUL — The sprawling Incirlik Air Base in remote southern Turkey serves as the passageway for 70 percent of the air cargo bound for American troops in Iraq. By land, the Habur Gate — a dust-blown checkpoint — is used to ship construction materials, food, fuel and other non-lethal items from Turkey into Iraq."
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