U.S. URGES TURKEY TO HELP IN IRANIAN STRIKE

ANKARA [MENL] -- The United States has launched another effort to persuadeTurkey to help stop Iran's nuclear weapons program. Turkish government sources said the Bush administration has sent aseries of high-level U.S. officials to Ankara to discuss the Iranian threat.The sources said the administration has urged Turkey to help in intelligenceand other operations that would target Iran's nuclear weapons program.