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France opens a military base in the United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi , UAE - Sarkozy present to the opening ceremony

France opened today its first military base in the Gulf area at "Peace Camp", Abu Dhabi, during a ceremony in presence of president Nicolas Sarkozy and of United Arab Emirates's vice-prime minister and minister of interiors Saif bin Zayed al-Nahayan. The base will host 500 military on the banks of the strait of Hormuz across which is Iran. It will consist of a logistic navy base, an air base with...

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Rome, Italy, 05/26/2009 14:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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