Friday, August 20, 2004

Turkish company pulls out of Iraq

The parent company of a Turkish firm, which quit Iraq earlier in the week, has said it will also leave the war-torn country, following the pleas of one of its captured workers.

In a telephone interview with Aljazeera.net, Tepe Construction said on Thursday it plans to withdraw all of its employees starting Friday morning, in an attempt to save the life of Aytullah Gezmen who is employed by Bilintur services firm.

Earlier on Thursday, in a grainy videotape shown by Turkey's private NTV television, Gezmen said his captors would kill him if Bilintur and its parent company Tepe, a construction firm, did not leave the country.


..."We were shocked when we saw Gezmen on the tape as we thought that after pulling out our Bilintur employees from Iraq [on 15 August], the kidnappers will release him," said Zafer Ergun, the company's overseas coordinator.

"Now after hearing his declaration, we will withdraw Tepe, the parent company, from Iraq as well," Ergun told Aljazeera.net, adding that in 72 hours starting from Friday all of Tepe's employees will be out of Iraq.
Aljazeera article

As George the Liar piddles around the country telling people that invading Iraq was a good thing and a great success, more and more companies and militaries are pulling out, the war continues, and the death toll rises. What will remain when the dust settles? Will the dust ever settle?

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