<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV class=RTE>Here's an Asia Times Online article on long-term bases in Iraq. </DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE><A href="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GH06Ak02.html">http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/GH06Ak02.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Since I've long thought that the establishment of a permanent presence in Iraq to replace our Saudi bases was one of the most important real reasons for the war, I think the writer is brilliant. </DIV>
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<DIV class=RTE>Sunil</DIV></div></html>