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Desert Maneuvers: Pentagon Boosts U.S. Military Presence in the Gulf
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL ^
| 6-22-02
| GREG JAFFE
Posted on 06/24/2002 6:03:00 AM PDT by SJackson
Edited on 04/22/2004 11:46:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar -- The most unusual feature of this massive air base isn't its 15,000-foot-long runway, which is the longest in the Middle East. Nor is it the hangars, which rise like mountains from the flat desert floor and are capable of providing shelter through a biological and chemical attack.
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posted on
06/24/2002 6:03:00 AM PDT
by
SJackson
To: SJackson
Looks like America will be there for a long time..............or for as long as it takes!
To: SJackson
Hey, thanks for posting a great article.
It's nice to see some optimistic views of our military preparations, instead of the usual "doom-and-gloom" America is lost and drifting articles.
Forward-thinking and agressive, that's the face of the US military we all know and love.
God bless America, and "LET'S ROLL"!
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06/24/2002 8:08:14 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
To: SJackson
Excellent post!
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