SENDING TURKISH MILITARY TO IRAQ TAKEN NEGATIVELY BOTH IN TURKEY AND IRAQ

PanARMENIAN.Net - Demonstrations are held in Turkey against the leadership decision to send Turkish servicemen to Iraq. However, as reported by Russian media, it looks like the government in Ankara is not ready to take into account the public opinion. In the words of senior research officer of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor Ibrahim Taufik dispatching Turkish military even beyond the bounds of the territories inhabited by Kurds will be negatively taken by Iraqis. Thus, not far from Baghdad Iraqis have already burned several Turkish lorries that were executing commercial runs. "Iraqis will be shocked: Turkey will become the first Muslim state supporting the US plans in the region that way. I do not think Turks will have a positive impact on the situation in Iraq, although perhaps, they can make the task of stabilization of the country easier from the psychological point of view," - Taufik said. In the opinion of other analysts, most probably the Washington "dollar diplomacy" has had its effect this time. The Unites States lately allocated a credit of $8.5 billion to the Turks. In the opinion of American political scientist John Pike "it would have been too rude to call it bribery." "If one follows the principle that state does not have allies, but has interests, we are ready to assist those who are ready to assist us," Pike explains US policy. Ankara, though, refuses to link the giving of the credit with sending troops.