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Poor, poor Iraqis. Ancient heritage contemptuously destroyed, disregard for current welfare of citizens, US can't manage to turn on the lights in Baghdad, but hey, wait -you're going to receive world-class airbases with jaunty US marines sauntering about searching for local bars.. .. NYT Pentagon Expects Long-Term Access to Four Key Bases in Iraq http://tinyurl.com/9vfl American military officials, in interviews this week, spoke of maintaining perhaps four bases in Iraq that could be used in the future: one at the international airport just outside Baghdad; another at Tallil, near Nasiriya in the south; the third at an isolated airstrip called H-1 in the western desert, along the old oil pipeline that runs to Jordan; and the last at the Bashur air field in the Kurdish north. It is a swath of Western influence not seen for generations. "The subject of a footprint for the United States post-Iraq is something that we're discussing and considering," Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said this week. "But that will take some time to sort through." Read on.. cheers, pg _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk