about their work to try to collect to verify and further independent the samples they collected. and the samples were hair, blood, urine, some items that were gathered at the sites of these alleged chemical weapons attacks that now the u.s. says absolutely took place and killed more than 1,400 people on august 21st. the u.n. mission already, by the way, has hinted that there were poisoned gas attacks. it looks likely a poison gas was used. inspectors haven t come out with definitive findings yet. richard, where you are there in turkey, what kind of position does turkey hold on this? and how i guess how much are they in peril should the u.s. strike? what are the ramifications for that country? turkey has been impacted by this war primarily by the