Posted on 10/21/2003 11:03:47 AM PDT by Brian S
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:44:28 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
The United States is leaving an air base in Kuwait it had used in the war on Iraq, saying its presence there is no longer needed now that Saddam Hussein has been toppled.
"The mission is accomplished," Ambassador Richard Jones told reporters Tuesday. He said the last of the U.S. forces at Ahmed Al Jaber air base were leaving Tuesday, but did not say where they were headed.
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