USA unwilling to pay for the use of the Uzbek airbase

[lovuian]

http://english.pravda.ru/world/20/91/368/15778_airbase.html

USA unwilling to pay for the use of the Uzbek airbase
07/08/2005 17:09
The USA did not make necessary payments for the use of the airbase from the first day when US aircrafts had been deployed there

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan offered the USA to discuss the payment issue for the use of the Khanabad army base situated near the Afghan border, an official statement from the ministry said.

"The USA has made practically no payments for the efforts of the Uzbek side to guard the Khanabad airbase, create and operate the necessary infrastructure, compensate the ecological damage and inconveniences to the population," the statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry of Uzbekistan said.

The USA did not make necessary payments for the use of the airbase from the first day when US aircrafts had been deployed there.

The Khanabad airbase was rendered to the USA in 2001 to conduct rescuing and humanitarian procedures during the military operation on the adjacent territory of Afghanistan, Itar-Tass reports.

A spokesman for the Uzbek Ministry for Foreign Affairs said that the airbase had been rendered to the US Air Force in connection with the military operation conducted in Afghanistan's north. The administration of Uzbekistan did not consider other perspectives for the US contingent to stay on the territory of the country during the decision-making process, Newsru wrote.


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We can sure pay Halliburton though!!!

[madrchsod]

1. the check is in the mail

[ConcernedCanuk]

2. If'n ya deal with the Devil

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Why the suprise??? :shrug:

:nopity:

[Theduckno2]

3. Sounds like Bush landed on 'Boardwalk' with two hotels!

It would be nice to have some of the money that Bremer went though in Iraq right about now. Seriously though I wonder if this may lead to rent increases for any of our other bases in foreign countries?:shrug:

[FormerOstrich]

4. hmmm....

I wonder what month in 2001??

The Khanabad airbase was rendered to the USA in 2001 to conduct rescuing and humanitarian procedures during the military operation on the adjacent territory of Afghanistan

Was the base already there or was it built in 2001?

[PurityOfEssence]

5. Nice little country ya got; wouldn't want to see it burn to the ground,

would you?

Gangsters will be gangsters.

[Miss Chybil]

6. Maybe, the Uzbeck's could boil Bush's arm, or something, to get him

to pay up?

[DRoseDARs]

7. Put boots on the planes; other vehicles towed at owners expense. n/t

[MrTriumph]

8. DFW Airport needs the traffic- Land 'em there

American Airlines has destroyed other carriers to make DFW its very own "fortress hub".

DFW Airport is begging other airlines to fill empty gates. Will someone please lease Terminal E?

After months of slapping around Southwest Airlines in the local newspapers, it was yesterday that rented buses delivered DFW Airport staffers to Dallas Love Field to give a pep-rally invitation to Southwest. Southwest, is uninterested in going to the "lion's den".

Unlike Bush's ventures, Southwest is on sound financial footing.