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Article: Jordan Lets U.S. Use Air Base for Iraq Missions
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- The Washington Post
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- April 6, 1996
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Near a desert oasis that once was the headquarters of
Lawrence of Arabia, a Jordanian air base is quietly being
reconstructed this month to host nearly 1,500 U.S. Air Force troops
and 34 F-16s that will soon start flying daily sorties over southern
Iraq.
U.S. warplanes based in the Jordanian desert to monitor Iraqi
President Saddam Hussein's army? The idea would have been
unthinkable a few years ago.
Still, even as Jordan is earning Washington's gratitude for
standing up to the Iraqi government, the kingdom is coming under
criticism from some quarters in the United States and Israel for not
stemming the flow of money through Jordanian territory to the
Islamic extremist group Hamas, ...