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Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Turkey raising naval presence amid tension with Israel - chicagotribune.com

Turkey raising naval presence amid tension with Israel

Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks during a news conference in Ankara, on Sept. 2. (Stringer Turkey/Reuters)
Pinar Aydinli Reuters

10:06 a.m. CDT, September 6, 2011

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is freezing defense trade with Israel and stepping up naval patrols in the eastern Mediterranean, highlighting a potentially destabilizing rift between the two major U.S. allies in the Middle East.

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