Re: The Iran War Theater's "Northern Front" - Azerbaijan and the U.S. Sponsored War on Iran

"BernardZ" <bernardZ@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> In article <1176389484.428710.122700@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> thomsona@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 says...
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>> >     "A lot of planes overfly Georgia and Azerbaijan on the way to
>> > Afghanistan. Should it prove necessary, we would like to be able to
>> > use an airfield in Azerbaijan," the US diplomat said, answering a
>> > question concerning the modernization of a military airfield in
>> > Azerbaijan with the Americans' help. (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, April 2,
>> > 2007)
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>> A look at Google Earth suggests that military planes flying over
>> Georgia and Azerbaijan going to Afghanistan would also overfly
>> Turkmenistan. Is there any information to indicate that that happens?
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> Ages ago Turkmenistan gave permission for flyover and refueling of US
> military planes.
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>

All the stans know playing Russia off against the USA and vice versa is
just 
good fun...and maybe profitable too.