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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (76722)	2/23/2003 2:06:36 PM
From: KonKilo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The US forces in the Gulf are not at home. And neither are any of our troops stationed in other ME bases. They are at the end of a long supply chain, at the sufference of the host nations, who are hosting the troops for an invasion, not a long-term occupation. Host nations are hosting our troops for an invasion only? Would you care to substantiate that claim? zmag.org ...the 1991 Gulf War left behind large military bases in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and basing rights in the other Gulf states of Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. soundvision.com US is now establishing permanent military bases near Kandahar, where units of its elite 101st Airborne Div. will replace Marines as a semi-permanent garrison. Three other permanent US bases are being prepared in southern Tajikistan; at Khanabad, Uzbekistan; and Manas, Kyrgystan; all protected by infantry of the US 10th Mountain Div from upstate New York. Four more US bases are operational in Pakistan. All these new bases will be linked to and supplied by much larger US military bases in Arabia and the Gulf. The Manas base may grow to 3,000 troops and 72 warplanes.