"Turkey, US relations hit new rough spot
In just a little over a weekend, the relations between the US and one of its major allies in the Middle East region have gone from bad to worse.
On Friday, the Turkish government said it supported the plans of the Turkish president to visit Syria in early April, despite the US warning that he should not go. On Saturday, the US ambassador to Turkey resigned, following a tumultuous two-year appointment. And on Sunday, US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that by 'blocking' US efforts to get into Iraq from the north two years ago, Turkey had allowed the insurgency there to 'flourish.' "
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