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Monday, June 13, 2011

U.S. to Turkey: Bomb Libya: And more from the Turkish Press :: Hudson New York

"U.S. to Turkey: Bomb Libya
And more from the Turkish Press

AK Group
June 13, 2011 at 3:00 am

The United States demanded that Turkey participate in the air bombing of Libya. The Turkish National Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul gave a negative response to such a demand. The demand from the U.S. came from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. In a meeting in Brussels, Gates criticized Turkey, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Poland for not participating in the air bombing of Libya. Gonul told Gates that Turkey had a principled decision not to participate in the 'No-Fly Zone.'"

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