Iraq Facilities

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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/iraq-intro.htm

By October 2004, it was reported that the US Army, in a move to take a friendlier face, had renamed all 17 of its facilities in and around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and given them nore noble sounding name with, as well, Arabic names to go along. The majority of the original base names were taken from Army unit nicknames, such as Bulldog and Headhunter. Three were named for American soldiers killed in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom I. The new base names are intended to reinforce the idea that these are not US bases. The land belongs to the Iraqis, and the legacy left by this operation should be one of Iraqi services and not the US spirit. The new names are posted in English and Arabic at the entrance of each base.

OLD NAME----------- NEW NAME (ARABIC)------- ENGLISH
Banzai------------- Al-Adala---------------- Justice
Cooke-------------- -Taji-------------------- Taji
Cuervo------------- Rustamiyah--------------- Rustamiyah
Eagle-------------- Al-Amal------------------ Hope
Ferrin-Huggins----- Al-Saqr----------------- Falcon
Greywolf----------- Al-Tawheed Al-Awal------ Union I
Gunslinger--------- Al-Tadamun-------------- Solidarity
Headhunter--------- Al-Istiqulal------------ Independence
Highlander--------- Al-Isdehar-------------- Prosperity
Iron Horse--------- Al-Watani--------------- Patriot
North Victory------ Al-Tahreer-------------- Liberty
Outlaw------------- Al-Hurya Al-Thani------- Freedom II
Steel Dragon------- Al-Sharaf--------------- Honor
Trojan Horse------- Al-Tawheed Al-Thalith--- Union III
Victory------------ Al-Nasr----------------- Victory
Warhorse----------- Al-Hurya Al-Awal-------- Freedom I
Warrior------------ Al-Tawheed Al-Thani----- Union II


In January 2005 it was reported that the Pentagon was building a permanent military communications system in Iraq. The new Central Iraq Microwave System, is to consist of up to 12 communications towers throughout Iraq, along with fiber-optic cables connecting Camp Victory to other coalition bases in the country.

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2. PERMANENT US BASES IN IRAQ

http://www.alexcox.com/ed_current.htm

PERMANENT US BASES IN IRAQ
I recently had a very nice dinner with a pair of academics - one American, the other Iranian. These are smart people who don't get all their info from Murdoch and Hannitay. But they're under the impression - like many decent, liberal Americans - that the Democrats have different foreign policy goals than the Republicans, and wish to end the Iraq War.

When I said that the US was building permanent military bases in Iraq, and that this was a bi-partisan project, they refused to believe me. After all, it's never mentioned on CNN, or in the New York Times. My Iranian friend told me I had an Iranian perspective - because like all his countrymen I was a conspiracy theorist!

(I am a conspiracy theorist. But the permanent US bases in Iraq aren't a theory. Google "permanent US bases Iraq" and you'll get in excess of twelve million hits. These aren't conspiracy websites. They're sites like the Quakers' the Chicago Tribune, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and Global Security, which exists, as far as I can tell, to provide information to families of US troops posted aboard, and to sell them 'deployment bracelets' and military ringtones.)

Global Security has a great introduction. There are fourteen permanent bases in all, including the Green Zone in Baghdad: two have not yet been officially identified. Not all of them are immediately proximate to oil fields (though the permanent Kirkuk base - Camp Renegade - sits on top of oil wells and a refinery). Most of them have airfields, which means they can quickly strike insurgents - or pipeline saboteurs - anywhere in the country

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3. Wasn't Subic Bay a permanent base? n/t