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| US moves air HQ from Saudi to Qatar |
| 2003-04-29 |
| The United States has moved its air command centre from Saudi Arabia to neighbouring Qatar, a top American military official has said. US Rear Admiral David Nichols said the Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) at the Prince Sultan base in Saudi Arabia would be closed later this year. "We already have switched, as of yesterday (Monday)," Admiral Nichols told reporters travelling with US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who is currently visiting Saudi Arabia. The new US centre is at the al Udeid air base. The admiral said the decision had been agreed with the Saudi authorities, adding that all US aircraft using the Prince Sultan base would be removed by the middle of the year. The CAOC was set up after the 1991 Gulf war in Iraq and was used to control the coalition air campaign in the latest conflict in Iraq. |
| Posted by:Bulldog |
| #12 You know, it might not be a bad idea to READ the op-ed in the Baltimore paper that anonon suggests. It talks about NOT rewarding the Intifada and putting a HEAVY onus on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan to put their money where their "peace process" mouths are...It's actually a pretty good column...and I'm about as pro-Israel as you get. |
| Posted by: R. McLeod 2003-04-30 03:10:19 |
| #11 liberalhawk, tu3031, et al.....it is just SO damn hard to find good help nowadays, isn't it? Sigh.... BTW, (A true) Anonymous, didn't you notice who placed the first anti-troll post? ;) |
| Posted by: Baba Yaga 2003-04-29 20:04:46 |
| #10 Hey, what's a little dialogue without the threat of atomic weapons and Roentgen Soupbowls™? Quantum theory at ground |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-04-29 17:10:25 |
| #9 Expressing a different pow doesn't mean you're a troll; that was true with the Murat-induced exchanges, until his latest rant-mode posts, anyway; Anonon fills the bloodthirsty-rightist-civilizations clash niche, and does it well. I'd hate a Rantburg turned into an all-republican tribune, so I welcome all kind of variety, Bulldog, Liberalhawk, RG117, TGA & so on). |
| Posted by: (A true) Anonymous 2003-04-29 13:43:45 |
| #8 The wide screen! Argh. |
| Posted by: someone 2003-04-29 11:28:53 |
| #7 ..and my shirt's still wrinkled. Don't make me sic Rummy on your ass! |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-04-29 10:53:29 |
| #6 We're leaving on a jet plane. Don't know when we'll be back again. Never forget that the Jordanian King has as equal a claim to the throne of Soddi as does the current occupant. Just a thought, mind you. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-04-29 10:42:36 |
| #5 Fred, the comments poster is intermittently forgetting the names/emails and defaulting to anonymous . That's MY damn sandwich Anonon |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-04-29 10:08:43 |
| #4 where's my damn sandwich? |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-04-29 09:52:11 |
| #3 Large regular, 3 sugars. Thanks. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-04-29 09:04:31 |
| #2 anonon: I'd like a tall skim latte, please. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-04-29 08:21:57 |
| #1 How about some comment on the Bush-Powell "roadmap" to Mideast disaster? The Paleos saw these dorks coming. At least in Baltimore they know snakeoil when they see it. http://www.sunspot.net/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.mideast27apr27,0,4224461.story?coll=bal%2Doped%2Dheadlines |
| Posted by: Anonon 2003-04-29 06:15:06 |