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| US said negotiating ‘combat presence’ in Kuwait |
| 2011-10-31 |
| The United States is planning to bolster its military presence in the Gulf after it pulls out its remaining troops from Iraq, the New York Times reported in its online edition on Sunday. President Barack Obama said on Oct 21 that he had decided to withdraw all US troops from Iraq by the end of the year and the paper said that US military officers and diplomats worried that the withdrawal could bring instability to the region. It said Washington was negotiating to maintain a combat presence on the ground in Kuwait and was considering deploying more warships in the area. No one at the Pentagon was immediately available to comment. The United States also wanted to expand its military ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) — Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman, it said. The proposal needed approval by GCC leaders who are due to meet in the Saudi capital Riyadh in December, the paper said. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Interesting. Not Libya, to introduce stabilization for the fledgling democracies and as a gateway to north africa, but Kuwait, to insulate Saudia Arabia from Iraq, Iran, et. al. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2011-10-31 23:18 |
| #1 Iran's response .... * TOPIX > [Tehran Times] US BUILDUP NEAR IRAQ LACKS PRUDENCE: IRAN'S FOREIGN MINSTER [Salehi]. Iran is repor proceeding in plans to arm IRGC units wid " ZAFAR" ANTI-NAVAL CRUISE MISSLES, + is demandinga formal apology from the US oer US allegations in the plot to assassinate the Saudi Ambassador to the US. versus * SAME > [Bloomberg] NASR: WHY CONTAIN IRAN WHEN ITS OWN AIMS WILL [may?] DO THAT? As the US completes its pullout from Iraq + Afghanistan, Iran will no longer have the "Great Satan" to blame as cover for its own hegemonic ambitions ahz regional fellow Muslims, + domestic econ + democratic policy failures??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-10-31 22:42 |