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Analysis: Turkey helps pull the rug from under Nabucco

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Turkey acceded to the aspirations of the Azeri brethren, while ignoring those of the Turkmen brethren. Over the past year, as the EU delegates approached repeatedly Ashgabat for Turkmen gas, Turkey chose to stay on the sidelines. This was a strategic mistake.

Analysis: Turkey helps pull the rug from under Nabucco