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| Romania Offers Bases for Possible US Strikes on Iraq |
October 2, 2002
RFE/RL South Eastern Europe
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Written by Michael Shafir
Posted by HW on April 19, 2024
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Citing "a senior Foreign Ministry official," Reuters reported on 1 October that Romania has offered its air bases and Black Sea ports to the United States to use in the event of an attack against Iraq. The agency said the offer refers in particular to the Kogalniceanu Air Base near the Black Sea port of Constanta, which can be used by NATO warplanes. Military analyst Cornel Codita |
told Reuters that the Romanian bases could not alone support an attack against Iraq but could "supplement the existing U.S. strongholds in Turkey and Saudi Arabia." Codita said that ahead of the envisaged NATO enlargement "each [prospective new] member seeks to highlight and take advantage of its own strong points" and that "Romania could be excellent in providing logistics." |
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