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France, Germany and Belgium split NATO Monday by blocking a plan to boost Turkish defenses in case of a U.S.-led war on Iraq -- an action that Washington said threw the alliance's credibility into question.  The three NATO rebels, trying to slow the rush to war, say efforts to defend Turkey would signal that a conflict had begun.  Turkey, which borders Iraq, promptly invoked NATO's founding treaty to seek consultations for the defense of its territory.  Meanwhile, many people are looking ahead to Friday, when United Nations chief weapons inspector Hans Blix will present updated information about how relations with Iraq are going.

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