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Is Kyrgyz NATO base closure a done deal?

Published: 08 February, 2009, 05:46


A US soldier guards the main access checkpoint to the US air base in Manas (AFP Photo / Vyacheslav Oseledko)

The Kyrgyzstan government’s decision to close a NATO airbase on its territory has upset Washington. Although it now needs the parliament’s and president’s approval, the closure looks a done deal.

 
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massa February 09, 2009, 05:16 quote
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I wish more countries would do the same as Kyrgyzstan and Nicaragua. Europe is a good start.

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