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IRAQ-PORTUGAL: AZORES A KEY STOP ON U.S. TROOPS' ROUTE TO IRAQ
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by Mario de Queiroz
LISBON, Mar. 10 (IPS) -- The Lajes air base, in Portugal's
Azores Islands, is playing a prominent role in the movement of U.S.
troops and war material on their way to the Persian Gulf region for
a possible attack on Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
The Luso-U.S. base on Terceira, one of the nine islands of the
Azores archipelago, is in fact an immense aircraft carrier anchored
in the Atlantic, halfway between Europe and North America.
Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao on Jan. 31
authorized the United States to use the Lajes base, underscoring
his ...
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