Yet another reason the Saudis should be nervous...
AL-UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar (AP) - If President Bush ordered airstrikes on Iraq, this vast, remote and little-publicized base in the central Persian Gulf would be a critical hub for U.S. warplanes and their aerial pipeline of bombs and supplies.Posted by Dr. Frank at July 1, 2002 11:33 AM | TrackBackThe government of Qatar is spending millions of dollars to expand al-Udeid. Over the past months, the U.S. military quietly has moved munitions, equipment and communications gear to the base from Saudi Arabia, the control center for American air operations in the Gulf for more than a decade... Signs of an American military buildup are unmistakable.