US embassy cable - 05ANKARA4070

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DARFUR/NATO: FURTHER DETAILS ON TURKISH AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION

Identifier: 05ANKARA4070
Wikileaks: View 05ANKARA4070 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Ankara
Created: 2005-07-13 14:42:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL
Tags: MOPS MARR PREL TU SU NATO EUN
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L ANKARA 004070 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/01/2005 
TAGS: MOPS, MARR, PREL, TU, SU, NATO, EUN 
SUBJECT: DARFUR/NATO: FURTHER DETAILS ON TURKISH AIRLIFT 
SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION 
 
REF: A. ANKARA 3198 
 
     B. ANKARA 3618 
 
Classified By: Counselor for Political-Military Affairs Timothy A. Bett 
s for reasons 1.4 (a), (b), and (d). 
 
1. (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on COL Halit Yilmaz, TGS 
J3 NATO Branch Chief, to discuss Turkish airlift support for 
Darfur.  Yilmaz confirmed that Turkey will provide one C130 
from Sept. 20-29.  Its mission--along with the Danes--will be 
to lift equipment from Kenya and/or Chad to Darfur to support 
the AU Mission.  He understood that the equipment will come 
from South Africa and will be lifted by the Dutch (perhaps 
commercially?) to Kenya and Chad for forwarding to Darfur. 
Yilmaz noted that Turkey was placing "limited caveats" on the 
mission; he added that the Turkish C130 will have no 
self-defense capability and that it must land on runways (he 
explained that some C130s do not require runways to land, but 
this one does). 
 
2. (U) Khartoum minimize considered 
MCELDOWNEY 

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