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To: defenderSD
UAE could be a staging area for airstrikes and special forces operations against Iran.

Yes, we do have an operational Air Base in Bahrain, which is part of the Persian Gulf States that has close ties to UAE.

133 posted on 02/21/2006 12:45:58 PM PST by demlosers (Kerry: "Impeach Bush, filibuster Alito, withdraw from Iraq, send U235 to Iran, elect me President!")
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To: demlosers

The big base in the Gulf now is not in Bahrain. It is in the UAE.

Please do not tell me this port deal is a quid pro quo for an overseas airbase/joint command post (the one that replaced the one we pulled out of in Saudia Arabia!)???!!!

Time to level with us, Mr President.


168 posted on 02/21/2006 12:49:50 PM PST by silverleaf (Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
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