European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 30, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 a in the Gulf Turkey inc Riik a tank transporters monday brought in More turkish War Materiel beefing up the array of armoured vehicles and artillery in Cire on the iraqi turkish Border. Syria Ordan Iran Baghdad a in of i a Karbala Hilla a a an Najaf Iraq Iran s islamic Republic news Agency said fires were still raging tuesday morning after heavy Allied bombing of Basra overnight. Hundreds of evacuees crossing to safety from Iraq tuesday reported incessant Allied bombing of Baghdad and sections of the desert Highway leading to the jordanian Border. Linah hair Al Batin rata i Kuwait i Kuwait International Airport chemical nuclear biological warfare. Facilities. Allied naval forces scud attack major water \ desalination Plant Oil Slick saudi Arabia Riyadh. \ 5 a Jubal Dhahran Bahrain Qatar. We. Boot f a scud missile landed on an israeli occupied Village on the West Bank late monday night. No injuries were reported. . Military officials reported that about 100 iraqi planes have flown into Iran to avoid Allied attacks. Navy planes monday knocked out two missile Sites one near Kuwait s Airport and another on the coast and an Oil storage facility near Basra. Turkey s High by Jonathan c. Randal the Washington Post Cire Turkey a rumbling tank transporters monday brought in More turkish War Materiel beefing up the array of tanks armoured personnel carriers and artillery in the Hills overlooking this strategic City close to turkeys Borders with Syria and Iraq. With More Armor and bridging equipment just out of sight in the Plains on either Side of the International Highway leading Southeast to the now closed iraqi Border crossing at Haber Turkey has taken a High profile position that worries neighbors Iran and Syria almost As much As it does Iraq. The message intended by the1 massive display of these old american tanks 105mm artillery pieces m-113 armoured personnel carriers recoilless Rifle mounted jeeps self propelled artillery and other equipment according to diplomats is that Turkey is determined to be a major player in the Middle East of the future trucked in from the Railhead at Bat Man 110 Miles away the tanks and much of the equipment came from armoured garrisons far to the North and East that during the cold War were considered vital bases in natos Southern flank opposite the soviet Border. Turkey has massed 120,000 troops along its 206-mile Border with Iraq the Only country outside the  coalition Force to take such a step. Syria is not known to have positioned any sizable military Force facing Iraq to the West and Little has been heard of iranian muscle flexing since army Maneu vers were held along iraqis Eastern Border at mid month. In contrast turkish president Turgut Ozal in persuading parliament to vote the government extensive War Powers won approval not Only for allowing . Warplanes to use turkish bases but also for possible turkish intervention in Iraq after the persian Gulf War ends. On paper Iran Syria and Turkey have stated publicly that As iraqis neighbors they agree no changes should be made in iraqis territorial integrity whatever the outcome of the War. Each has sworn a As has Iraq a not to be the first to open a worries second front. All three governments clearly would Tike to see Saddam Hussein removed even if such an outcome does not figure in the . Resolutions under which the 29-nation coalition is fighting to remove iraqi troops from Kuwait and to restore the country a legitimate government. But regional suspicions Are so deep rooted that the possibility of a turkish military intervention in Iraq was reported by Western diplomats to have figured prominently in High level talks in Tehran last week Between top ranking iranian officials and syrian vice president Abdul Halim Haddam. Ozal has warned that Turkey might intervene militarily if an Independent kurdish state were created in Northern Iraq. Another motivation for potential turkish intervention in Iraq where the kurdish rebels maintain bases observers say is fear of increased syrian and iranian support for the rebellion of the marxist kurdish workers party pkg this rebellion in turkish Kurdistan has taken More than 2,600 lives since 1084. A Turkey profited greatly from Trade with Iran and Iraq during their War from 1980 to 1988, but aside from its control of the Waters of the euphrates Ankara has Little obvious political leverage now. By contrast both Damascus and Tehran have for More than a decade provided Refuge Money and diplomatic backing for sometimes rival iraqi opposition groups ranging from dissident members of the ruling Baal party to kurdish rebel organizations and fundamentalist shiite muslims. Such Long term political investments could in the View of analysts allow Iran and Syria to exert great influence in postwar Iraq. Moreover if Iran gained the upper hand in influencing future iraqi policy diplomats say the Long repressed iraqi shiite Muslim Community could play a significant political role not Only in Baghdad but also perhaps in propagating fundamentalism among Tui key a own shiite minority. Syria makes Little secret of hoping to maintain and even increase its own influence by playing a bridging role Between Iran and saudi Arabia and the other Arab Oil monarchies