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Kuwait says wonÂ’t be launchpad for strike on Iran
2007-06-12
KUWAIT - Kuwait said on Monday it would not allow its key ally the United States to use its territory to launch any strike on Gulf neighbour Iran if a row over TeheranÂ’s nuclear programme escalates.
A little jumpy, are they?
The move comes against a backdrop of rising worries in the Gulf Arab state, which was the launch pad for the 2003 U.S-led invasion of Iraq, about prospects of a war in the Gulf.

‘The United States has not made a request and we will not agree to (such a request),’ Defence and Interior Minister Shaikh Jaber Al Hamad Al Sabah told reporters. He was responding a question on whether the US had asked Kuwait, where several thousand US troops are based, to use its territory in case of a military confrontation with Iran.

Kuwait is concerned about any strike on the Bushehr nuclear power station that Russia is building for Iran. The Iranian port city lies 300 km (185 miles) from Kuwait.
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Posted by:Steve White

#13  Kuwait was given a vote against this and look cool for your school allowance. No big deal. They hates Jooooooooooooooos too.
Posted by: Shipman   2007-06-12 20:02  

#12  Well, if that's the case, there's no need for us to have troops stationed in Kuwait anymore, is there?
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2007-06-12 18:15  

#11  Why launch from Kuwait when we've got all those aircraft carriers? (& Diego Garcia)
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2007-06-12 16:29  

#10  who cares where it is staged it's time too get this shit started already
Posted by: sinse   2007-06-12 15:53  

#9  Tactically, that would hardly ever be Kuwait's purpose anyway. It would be a staging area for US heavy armor to head North up the Iraqi side of the border, if the Iranian army pushed West into Iraq, slicing their lines in half. Followed shortly thereafter by the complete surrender of every Iranian in Iraq, or a massacre of impressive scale.

Coincidentally, we have about a brigade of heavy armor in Kuwait for just that reason. It would not just be like a hot knife through butter, more like a 10 Watt laser through butter.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-06-12 14:19  

#8  Why would we need Kuwait when we can launch from Iraq?
Posted by: DarthVader   2007-06-12 12:59  

#7  IIRC, all the Buffs, B-1s and B-2s in the area are stationed at Diego Garcia. THAT's not a part of Kuwait, either.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2007-06-12 12:35  

#6  What else would you expect him to say in public?
Posted by: James   2007-06-12 10:26  

#5  Since when is Whiteman AFB a part of Kuwait?
Posted by: Jack is Back!   2007-06-12 10:05  

#4  Since when is Whiteman AFB a part of Kuwait?
Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn   2007-06-12 10:04  

#3  We save their bacon once. Screw em. Has anyone told them we really don't need to launch from Kuwait--islamic solidarity I guess.
Posted by: JohnQC   2007-06-12 09:18  

#2  Take the oil. Evict the arab squatters.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-06-12 09:10  

#1  Please remind me to give a monumental shit the next time Kuwait is invaded.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-06-12 01:40  

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