Panetta: Military role in Iraq still uncertain - Navy Times
 

22-10-11 01:58 AM

He cited as examples Bahrain, where there are nearly 5,000 U.S. troops as part of the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet headquarters; the United Arab Emirates, with nearly 3,000; and about 7,500 in Qatar, where the U.S. maintains a major air operations center.

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