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### Viewing cable 04ANKARA3673, TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004

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04ANKARA3673 | 2004-06-29 15:42 | 2011-08-24 01:00 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Ankara

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    UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 08 ANKARA 003673

    SIPDIS

    DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, EUR/PGI, EUR/SE

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
    SUBJECT: TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004

    ¶1.   (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey-
       specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as
       examples the following TIP press clips.  Text of any
       articles originally published in Turkish is provided through
       unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted.

    ¶2.   (U) Versions of the following June 15, 2004 article
       published in Hurriyet Newspaper (page 5) were also published
       in editions of Aksam, Cumhuriyet, Milliyet, Vakit, Vatan,
       and Zaman.  Turkish language articles appeared as half-page
       or full-page spreads, including photos of alleged
       traffickers:

         TITLE: Anca's Notebook Burns Celebrities

         BEGIN TEXT: A Romanian-Turkish joint police operation
         against a gang forcing women for prostitution resulted
         in the detention of two people, Anton Chelaru Gica and
         Relu Rotaru, important names in international human
         trafficking.  The two sent Romanian women to Turkey
         with the promise of finding jobs but instead forced
         them into prostitution.

         The arrests came after Romanian police contacted
         Turkish police with information about the operation.
         Istanbul police raided Flash Hotel at Tarlabasi
         district of Istanbul on May 31 and rescued 5 Romanian
         women ages 17 to 20.  In the operation, Anca Carpusco,
         the Istanbul leg of the network was also captured.
         Testimonies by the women also led police to bus driver
         Fevzi Yesil and driver Cemal Izgi.  Police believe
         Martinas Andrea Romona and Anca Carpusco controlled the
         financial portion of the network.  Romona and Carpusco
         reportedly transferred USD 200,000 from their bank
         account in Istanbul to Anton Chelaru Gica and Relu
         Rotaru in Romania.

         Acting upon the testimonies of the girls, including 17-
         year-old Daniele Ostaci, who is 7 months pregnant, and
         a notebook kept by Anca Carpusco, 11 people were
         detained on charges of "having intercourse with
         minors."  Turkish Rock Star `Akin' was among the
         detainees.  They were then released after being
         interrogated by a prosecutor in Beyoglu, Istanbul.

         In a separate box, the daily wrote that Anca Corpusco
         kept 9 notebooks filled with information about the
         organization's customers.  She kept very detailed
         logbooks that included customers' plate numbers, home
         and cellular phone numbers, references, and particular
         sexual preferences.  The names of the customers who
         gave fake money and used force were marked with red
         ink.  Names of thousands of people including famous
         soccer players, actors and famous businessmen were in
         the books.  Also there was information about policemen.
         Plate numbers of police teams patrolling the district
         were also noted.

         Under a picture, the daily quoted Pop Star `Akin" who
         was detained briefly.  He said, "They showed me
         pictures of some women.  I told them that I do not know
         any of them.  Maybe we happened to be at the same
         venues, but I was not with any of them.  In a notebook
         of one of the women my name was written.  Maybe it was
         because I am famous.  The most interesting thing was,
         when we were taken for a health check-up, everyone
         covered their faces.  As a reflex, I also covered my
         face.  There were lots of journalists.  After
         interrogation, I was released."

         In a separate box, the daily wrote that the US State
         Dept. issued its annual "Human Trafficking Report."
         The report noted that Turkey had taken important steps
         against international women trafficking. END TEXT.

    ¶3.   (U) Published Friday, June 11, 2004 by Aksam Newspaper
       (FBIS translation):

         TITLE: NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative, by Yavuz
         Gokalp Yildiz

         BEGIN TEXT: "The decisions NATO will be making at the
         Istanbul summit will shape world politics. It appears
         that the decisions will be made in line with the United
         States' interests. The steps toward involving NATO more
         extensively in the Greater Middle East are an
         indication of this.

         In practice, the Greater Middle East is being divided
         into several regions. There are plans to form a
         Mediterranean Dialogue group consisting of "Grey Area"
         countries like Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia,
         Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Syria, Lebanon, Kuwait, and the
         United Arab Emirates. Here is a noteworthy plan to
         establish military cooperation between Arab countries
         and Israel.

         These countries will not be included in partnership
         mechanisms but in a status similar to the Partnership
         for Peace (PFP). The Istanbul Cooperation Initiative is
         being formed with this purpose in mind. The plan is to
         make it possible for willing regional countries to take
         part in this initiative. The apparent aim is: a) To
         fight terrorism. b) To prevent the proliferation of
         weapons of mass destruction c) To fight arms, drugs,
         and human trafficking. d) To carry out civilian
         emergency planning. e) To promote international
         military cooperation.

         Subtitle: NATO in Greater Middle East

         As for the plan to broaden NATO's area of influence in
         the Middle East, here is what it involves:

         a. Encouraging reforms that will integrate the defense
         structure of regional countries with NATO.

         b. Stepping up support for the efforts to increase
         regional countries' capabilities for conducting joint
         operations.

         c. Establishing NATO "Contact Bureaus" in regional
         countries.

         d. Appointing a NATO Special Envoy who will be
         responsible for coordinating activities in the region.

         e. Restructuring the management of the PFP fund.

         f. Establishing a "Multinational Anti-Terror Unit" at
         brigade level with the contributions of regional
         countries.

         These plans indicate that NATO's center of gravity is
         shifting out of Europe. Another indication of this is
         the United States' plan for the deployment of its
         troops outside the US homeland. The United States is
         abandoning its current basing policies, which entail
         big investments. It is planning to intervene rapidly in
         crises by establishing Forward Operation Bases with
         ready infrastructures and resources close to crisis
         areas. The United States will maintain a smaller number
         of troops here to be rotated every six months. Places
         like Cyprus are important from the viewpoint of this
         plan. END TEXT.

    ¶4.   (U) Published Thursday, June 10, 2004 by Turkish
       language Hurriyet Newspaper, page 3:

         BEGIN TEXT: Fatimat Magomedova from Dagistan and
         Anastasia Kuznetsova from Russia, were lured last
         weekend to Antalya with false promises of work as
         babysitters, and then forced to go to Bursa.  The two
         women were put in a house in the Nilufer district and
         were marketed at high prices to Bursa's rich and
         famous.  During the last two days they were locked in
         the house and prevented from going out.

         In broken Turkish, the two women wrote the following
         note on a piece of paper, 'Friends, please call.  Tell
         them this number.  My name is Anastasia.  Pimps
         kidnapped us.' They threw the note out from the
         balcony.  A resident of the same apartment complex
         found the note and took it to the police station in
         Nilufer.

         Police came with a locksmith and opened the door and
         saved Magomedova (34) and Kuznetsova (26).

         Recep Tan (34), who allegedly locked the women in the
         house, was detained.  In the search police found five
         passports that belonged to foreign women.

         The two women who were saved said that the person who
         was mediating for prostitution was Nilgun Tanguc (30).
         END TEXT.

    ¶5.   (U) Published Tuesday, June 8, 2004 by English language
       Turkish Daily News:

         TITLE: Ankara Chamber of Commerce: Turkish mafia is a
         serious domestic threat

         BEGIN TEXT:  According to an Ankara Chamber of Commerce
         (ATO) report, "Our lives are mafia," and organized
         crime is involved in 100 sectors in Turkey.

         Turkish black market operations equal almost one-
         quarter of Turkey's national income, says the report,
         which notes that while Turkish national income is $238
         billion, Turkish black-market operations are estimated
         at around $60 billion per annum.

         Approximately 17,000 individuals were taken into
         custody by the police between 1998 and 2002 for being
         members of organized crime, with 4,182 of them arrested
         for involvement in 3,012 criminal acts.

         The report notes that the capital of organized crime is
         Istanbul. Police records show that Istanbul's Anti-
         organized Crime Bureau, which was founded in 1998, had
         eliminated 454 criminal gangs by 2003. These gangs were
         party to 325 criminal acts, only in Istanbul, the
         report noted.

         Other cities in which the mafia presence can be felt
         are reportedly Adana, Ankara, Aydin, Antalya,
         Balikesir, Bursa, Gaziantep, Icel (Mersin), Kayseri,
         Kocaeli and Samsun.

         The biggest organized criminal activity is the
         collection of parking fees on major streets in large
         cities. Those who fail to pay the fee are beaten or
         their cars are damaged. It was noted in the report
         that, assuming that parking fees range between TL 2 and
         TL 10 million, the annual revenue of such gangs
         approach trillions of lira.

         Bodily organs, property, check, children and bid mafias
         are also noted as being common, said the report. Drugs,
         gold, gambling, rent collection, prostitution,
         transportation, construction, licensing, cigarettes,
         arms, bazaars, beggars, shanty houses, coffee houses,
         human trafficking, pornography, books, music,
         historical artifacts, phone tapping and jails are some
         of the other areas the mafia is involved in, said the
         report.

         The methods the mafia employs include murder, wounding,
         beating, raids, threats and rape. Having a criminal
         record of beating or wounding is considered an
         advantage in the mafia.

         The Turkish mafia has some special characteristics,
         which include total obedience to the leader, an
         organizational structure close to a corporate system
         and the place of origin figuring prominently in
         advancement. Those with a record usually obtain a phony
         passport.

         Media reports on the top people of mafia usually work
         in favor of the organization, creating either fear or
         respect.

         Policeman Mahmut Cengiz's survey of people linked to
         the mafia was also included in the report. According to
         it, 54 percent are married, three-quarters come from
         families larger than four members, 10 percent are
         university graduates and the TV shows they watch are
         devoted almost entirely to the mafia. If they had had
         the opportunity, they would have wanted to become
         engineers or bureaucrats.

         ATO President Sinan Aygun said that the mafia had
         become a threat to domestic security in recent years,
         noting that gaps within the system produce both
         criminals and victims. He said people had started to
         think that following laws were foolish, when things
         could run more smoothly with the help of the mafia. END
         TEXT.

    ¶6.   (U) Broadcast Tuesday, June 8, 2004 by Turkish news
       television station NTV:

         TITLE: Mafia major factor in economy: report

         BEGIN TEXT: June 8 - The Turkish mafia has control of a
         significant part of the country's economy, according to
         a report released on Monday.

         Illegal activities are weighing down the legitimate
         economy, the report said.

         According to the study, undertaken by the Ankara
         Chamber of Commerce, mafia activities are equivalent in
         value to almost 25 percent of the Turkish economy. More
         than 100 separate sectors of the economy have been
         penetrated by illegal organisations, the report said.

         The direct value of mafia related activities was
         estimated at approximately $60 billion, more than half
         the state budget for 2004, the report stated.

         Not only was the mafia involved in trafficking,
         prostitution and loan sharking, it also kidnapped young
         children from poor families and sold them and bought
         and sold organs for transplants and operations.

         "The mafia has in the past few years become one of
         Turkey's main internal threats," Sinan Aygn, the head
         of the ATO, wrote in the study. "The mafia economy is
         weighing on the national economy." END TEXT.

    ¶7.   (U) Published Tuesday, June 8, 2004 by the
       International Herald Tribune, Al-Jazeera, the Guardian,
       Atlanta Journal Constitution, Miami Herald, Fort Worth Star
       Telegram, Houston Chronicle, Seattle Post Intelligencer, and
       regional papers throughout the United States.

         TITLE: Turkish mafia tightens grip on economy

         BEGIN TEXT: ANKARA: The Turkish mafia has an
         increasingly vice-like grip on the country's economy
         and its tentacles are reaching out into ever increasing
         areas of activity, a report revealed on Monday.

         According to the report, drawn up by Ankara's Chamber
         of Commerce, organized-crime activities currently
         generate over $60 billion in the black economy in about
         100 different sectors each year, equivalent to a
         quarter of the entire national income.

         Apart from the mafia's traditional activities such as
         trafficking in women and children, people smuggling and
         drugs and arms dealing, the Turkish mafia has branched
         out into less orthodox areas like organ and baby
         trafficking and the organization of fixed soccer
         matches.

         An organ such as a kidney purchased from a poverty-
         stricken donor for a derisory sum can be sold for
         between $61,500 to $123,000 in Turkey or abroad, the
         report said.

         Organs are often removed from individuals kidnapped
         specifically for that purpose, according to the report.

         Very young children from poor families purchased or
         abducted from their families are sold to rich couples
         or forced into a life of begging on the streets of
         Istanbul or Ankara.

         One of the most lucrative areas of activity for the
         gangs involves the purchase of plots of urban land
         cheaply - often through intimidation - which are then
         transformed into car parks, in short supply in the
         major cities.

         The report said television was to blame for painting a
         false picture of mafia members in popular programs as
         Robin Hood characters who simply rob the rich to help
         the poor, thereby encouraging impressionable youngsters
         to follow in their footsteps. END TEXT.

    ¶8.   (U) Published Tuesday, June 08, 2004 by English
       language Turkish Daily News:

         TITLE: Aksu: 10,000 policemen will be brought in for
         NATO summit

         BEGIN TEXT: Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu said on
         Sunday that 10,000 policemen from outside Istanbul
         would be deployed in order to provide security during
         the NATO summit.

         Speaking to journalists after the ruling Justice and
         Development Party (AK Party) Istanbul bureau assessment
         meeting, Aksu said the NATO summit in Istanbul was very
         important for Turkey, noting that heads of state and
         government and chiefs of general staff from between 60
         to 65 countries would be attending the meeting.

         He said they had thought about every detail of the
         summit and that a guiding committee, headed by a
         Foreign Ministry diplomat, would oversee the
         proceedings with the Gendarmerie, police and coastguard
         all cooperating to ensure the security of the event,
         adding that 10,000 additional policemen from outside
         Istanbul would be brought in to boost security.

         It was only natural for groups and individuals to air
         their democratic grievances during the summit, said
         Aksu, noting that in addition to the meeting places
         assigned for such gatherings, they had listed 16 more
         such areas that could be used to stage rallies.

         At the same press conference, Aksu stated that
         terrorist groups were involved in international drug
         trafficking and that Turkey had signed agreements with
         48 countries to cooperate in preventing this illicit
         trade.

         Turkey had made significant strides in the past year to
         eliminate this crime, said Aksu, before revealing that
         the largest drug seizures were made in Istanbul.
         Apart from terrorism, the entire world was united in
         combating human and drug trafficking, said Aksu, who
         went on to say that in the past five years, 470,000
         illegal migrants and 4,000 people involved in people-
         smuggling had been caught. The human traffickers so far
         arrested represented 63 different nationalities, said
         Aksu, explaining that these people cooperated with
         terrorist groups from time to time.

         He said due to precautions taken by Turkish police, the
         main route of human trafficking had moved to the north
         of the Black Sea and to the south of the Mediterranean.
         END TEXT.

    ¶9.   (U) Published Monday, June 07, 2004 by Turkish language
       Cumhuriyet Newspaper page 3:

         TITLE: "Boss Ainura of Kyrgyistan"

         BEGIN TEXT:  Ainura Tusunbekova was arrested as the
         leader of a prostitution gang luring Kyrgyz girls with
         an ad "Employment for those who want to serve as
         helpers (bakici) in Turkey" and sending them to Turkey.

         Operations are due to begin at the Kyrgyistan leg of an
         international prostitution gang disclosed in Istanbul.
         The police got in touch with their Kyrgyz counterparts
         in order to capture Ainura Tusunbekova who is the gang
         leader.

         The Istanbul police conducted an operation when a while
         ago a woman speaking in broken Turkish called from a
         house in the Fatih district and claimed that she was
         kept in the house, raped and sold to other men.

         Halim Akgun, a pimp, was captured in a three-story
         house in Fatih and eight Kyrgyz-citizen women who were
         raped and sold to men were liberated.

         Testimonies of the women demonstrated the bitter face
         of the gang involved in international prostitution.

         Women who were deceived and were forced into
         prostitution in Turkey said, "In a Kyrgyz newspaper
         there was an ad for nannies for kids in Turkey.  When
         we called the number, a woman said that her husband in
         Turkey would arrange a nanny job.  s eight women we
         came to Istanbul  Halim Akgun met us and took us to a
         house in Fatih.  When we entered the house he said,
         'You all owe me $4000.  I'll sell you to men for you to
         pay me back.'  Akgun tied up the arms and legs of the
         girls and raped us threatening us with arms.  Many of
         us were virgins."

         Akgun was captured during the operation in Fatih and
         after completing police procedures he was sent to the
         judiciary.  He was arrested and put into jail. END
         TEXT.

         COMMENT: The newspaper published the pictures of the
         girls, as well as Tusunbekova and Akgun. A caption said
         that the eight girls were returned to their countries.
         END TEXT.

    ¶10.  (U) Published Monday, June 6, 2004 by Zaman Turkish
       language newspaper (nationwide distribution):

         TITLE: The Ubiquitous Mafia

         BEGIN TEXT: According to "Our Life, Mafia report,"
         prepared by the Ankara Chamber of Commerce, the mafia
         is active in over 100 localities.

         The report estimated that throughout the world,
         organized crime roughly earns US$1trillion annually.

         Organized crime in Turkey makes US$60 billion annually,
         a quarter of the total national income and half of the
         government's 2004 budget.

         The mafia has its greatest presence in Istanbul where
         in 2002, 1,637 were committed in Istanbul alone. The
         Istanbul Organized Crime Directorate, in response to
         the high level of activity, busted 454 criminal
         organizations, and caught 325 gang leaders.

         Other provinces where networks of criminal activity
         exist are in Adana, Ankara, Aydin, Antalya, Balykesir,
         Bursa, Gaziantep, Icel, Izmir, Kayseri, Kocaeli and
         Samsun. The report concluded that the most common,
         illegal activity of criminal organizations is parking
         lot fee collection.
         The report found that the mafia shared the streets and
         roads of big cities and collected parking fees via
         parking attendants they hired. When considered that
         there are around two million cars in Istanbul, Ankara
         and Izmir -- the three largest cities in Turkey -- and
         the parking fees in these cities vary between 2-10
         million Turkish liras, the annual turnover of a single
         mafia network is over trillions of Turkish liras.

         "Land mafia, check-bond mafia, organ mafia, child mafia
         and tender mafia" follow the parking lot mafia in
         presence.

         A questionnaire conducted among mafia members by Mahmut
         Cengiz, a security forces employer known for his
         scientific studies on the mafia, is also included in
         the report. The questionnaire found that 54 percent of
         mafia members are married. Three fourths are from
         families with at least 4-members, and 10 percent are
         university graduates.  The TV series they watch the
         most are about the mafia. If they have the chance to
         study, they would become bureaucrats or engineers. END
         TEXT.

    ¶11.  (U) Published Sunday, June 6, 2004 by Anadolu News
       Agency:

         TITLE:  Aksu: Turkey Captured 470 Thousand Illegal
         Immigrants In Last Five Years

         BEGIN TEXT:  ABANT - Turkish Interior Minister
         Abdulkadir Aksu has said, "our security forces captured
         470 thousand illegal immigrants in the last five years
         as they were trying to proceed to European countries
         via Turkey."

         Replying to questions from journalists, Aksu said on
         Sunday, "our security forces captured 470 thousand
         illegal immigrants from 63 different countries in the
         last five years as they were trying to proceed to
         European countries via Turkey. Also, 4 thousand human
         smugglers were captured. Human smugglers often co-
         operate with terrorist organizations."

         Noting that illicit drug trafficking happened among the
         most important sources that finance terrorist
         organizations, Aksu added, "following the September
         11th attacks, the United States have exerted great
         efforts to improve co-operation in fight against
         terrorism. Turkey has signed agreements with 48
         countries to co-operate in fight against illicit drug
         trafficking and terrorism."  END TEXT.

    ¶12.  (U) Published Saturday, June 5, 2004 by the Associated
       Press:

         TITLE: N.J. not immune to human trafficking problems,
         congressman says; By DONNA DE LA CRUZ, The Associated
         Press

         BEGIN TEXT: WASHINGTON - The small New Jersey towns of
         Brigantine and Plainfield tout themselves as family
         friendly places. The two towns also share the infamous
         distinction of being linked to the worldwide problem of
         trafficking young girls and women who are forced to
         work as prostitutes or domestic servants.

         "Human trafficking has become a negative suburban
         phenomenon," Rep. Chris Smith, R-N.J., said in a recent
         interview in his Capitol Hill office.

         Smith, vice chairman of the House International
         Relations Committee, said millions of young girls and
         women are trafficked each year. He said many of these
         victims are smuggled into the United States to work in
         large cities and small hamlets, like Brigantine and
         Plainfield, two of several New Jersey communities where
         trafficking victims have been found.

         Earlier this year, a Malaysian citizen was arrested for
         allegedly operating a brothel he ran from his
         Brigantine home, employing women smuggled into the
         country from Asia. And in the summer of 2002, federal
         authorities charged several people with luring Mexican
         girls and women to work as prostitutes in Plainfield.
         Two of the defendants later pleaded guilty and were
         sentenced to 210 months in prison.

         Smith wrote the Victims of Trafficking and Violence
         Protection Law, the nation's first law that deals
         specifically with human trafficking. The law provides
         investigators with resources to prosecute offenders and
         money to help victims. He also authored the Trafficking
         Victims Protection Act that expanded on the
         government's abilities to fight human trafficking.
         President Bush signed both laws in 2000 and 2003.

         The laws also require the State Department to issue an
         annual "Trafficking in Persons Report" to Congress -
         known as the TIP Report - that identifies countries
         that are found to have significant human trafficking
         problems.

         The fourth annual report, due to be issued June 14, is
         a diplomatic tool that the U.S. government uses to
         encourage countries to crack down on human trafficking,
         which is third only to drug and arms trafficking in
         terms of reaping financial benefits for criminals, said
         John Miller, head of the State Department's Office to
         Combat and Monitor Trafficking in Persons. Countries
         that do little or nothing to deal with the problem can
         face sanctions, Miller said.

         In the 2003 report, 15 countries, including U.S. allies
         Greece and Turkey, were deemed to have made no
         significant efforts to stop human trafficking.

         "The public is becoming more aware in the last couple
         of years but you still have large elements of the
         public that would say 'Slavery? Didn't that end with
         the American Civil War?' And that's true abroad as
         well. This doesn't affect a lot of people, and it comes
         to a shock to them," Miller said.

         The U.S. government estimates that between 18,000 to
         20,000 young girls and women are trafficked into the
         United States, but that number could actually be
         higher, said Avaloy Lanning, director of the New Jersey
         Anti-Trafficking Initiative.

         "It's such a hidden phenomenon," Lanning said. "It's so
         hidden, because there are cases that may not lend
         themselves to arrest or prosecution."

         Some victims are afraid to cooperate with authorities,
         fearing retribution against themselves or their
         families back home, she said.

         Human trafficking in New Jersey is widespread because
         of the state's makeup, Lanning said.

         "We have a high concentration of factory labor and
         commercialized workers in the north and a huge
         concentration of farm labor in the south," she said.
         "And the state's proximity to New York City and
         Philadelphia makes New Jersey ripe for the problem."

         The International Institute of New Jersey started the
         anti-trafficking initiative one year ago in an effort
         to establish guidelines on how to identify victims and
         help them. The institute held its first statewide anti-
         trafficking conference in March, bringing together
         human rights and other community organizations, and
         legal and law enforcement personnel, Lanning said.

         From that conference, the New Jersey Coalition Against
         Human Trafficking was formed, and there will be two
         meetings held at the end of June - one in north Jersey
         and one in the southern part of the state - to discuss
         ways to battle human trafficking, Lanning said.

         Lanning and Miller credit Smith for taking a leading
         role to battle human trafficking.

         "He took charge of drafting the bills and he pushed it
         through the House of Representatives," said Miller, a
         former Republican congressman from Washington State.

         "Because of that, the United States has been able to
         assume a leadership role in opposing slavery around the
         world. And more importantly, thousands of victims have
         been freed and hundreds of traffickers have been thrown
         in jail."

         "This sort of work that he is doing ... mankind will
         thank him for in future generations," Miller said.
         Smith has traveled extensively to discuss the problem
         of human trafficking with other government officials,
         and has met many victims.

         "You just have to look into one of those young girls'
         eyes just to see the despair," Smith said. "So many get
         sick, get AIDS or other kinds of sexually transmitted
         diseases, become throwaways and they die."

         Smith says his Catholic faith is why he became involved
         with human rights issues ever since he was elected to
         Congress in 1980. He recited part of the Gospel
         scripture that motivates his work.

         "Whatever you do to the least of my brethren you do
         likewise to me," Smith said, quoting scripture. "For
         me, it's all about caring for those who are
         disenfranchised - that's what government should be all
         about." END TEXT.

    ¶13.  (U) Broadcast May 29, 2004 by Islamabad PTV World (FBIS
       Transcribed Text):

         TITLE: Pakistan, Turkey Joint Commission to Boost
         Security Cooperation, Fight Terrorism

         BEGIN TEXT: Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to form a
         joint commission to gear up cooperation in the field of
         security and counter-terrorism.  This was announced by
         the interior ministers of the two countries at a joint
         news conference in Islamabad.  The commission--to be
         headed by the interior secretaries of Pakistan and
         Turkey--will meet twice a year to review the
         implementation of the agreements on fighting global
         terrorism, drug abuse, and human trafficking.

         Earlier, the two leaders held a meeting to discuss the
         regional and international situation.  Federal Interior
         Minister Syed Faisal Saleh Hayat said Pakistan and
         Turkey had agreed to work closely in various fields to
         boost mutual cooperation.  Turkish Interior Minister
         Abdulkadir Aksu said Pakistan and Turkey would jointly
         play a positive role in countering international
         terrorism. END TEXT.

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