Manas to close?????
02-04-2009, 10:24 PM
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Manas to close?????
02-05-2009, 03:39 PM
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On my last deployment there, Manas was a cash cow for the country. They charged for every flight plan filed, parking was crazy expensive etc. I haven't heard anything so might just be a bargaining ploy by the government to extort more money.
02-05-2009, 03:45 PM
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BBC Article
Similar to Air Force Times article above, with a bit more info.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Kyrgyzstan defends US base move
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Kyrgyzstan defends US base move
02-06-2009, 07:21 PM
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Another BBC article.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final'
Video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7875807.stm
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final'
Video:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7875807.stm
02-10-2009, 01:10 PM
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Basically the Russians are paying off the Kyrgs to throws us out. Article I read said the Russians were offering the 300 million in aid.... and on the same day the Kyrgs announced they would not renew the lease agreement....imagine that.
02-10-2009, 03:39 PM
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It's been in the news. I'll try to find a link if I can.
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02-11-2009, 10:47 AM
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Krygyz leader says money behind Manas closing - Air Force News, news from Iraq - Air Force Times
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 6:44:30 EST
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan’s president says the decision to close a key U.S. base was taken for purely economic reasons.
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Wednesday that repeated appeals to the United States to pay more for rental of the base went unheeded.
Bakiyev shocked Washington last week when he announced the closure of the Manas air base, which is a crucial staging post for coalition operations in Afghanistan.
Announcement of the closure came shortly after Russia offered to give the impoverished Central Asian nation more than $2.1 billion in loans and aid. Moscow has long resented U.S. military presence in the former Soviet nation.
The U.S. began using the Manas base in December 2001.
Posted : Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 6:44:30 EST
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — Kyrgyzstan’s president says the decision to close a key U.S. base was taken for purely economic reasons.
President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Wednesday that repeated appeals to the United States to pay more for rental of the base went unheeded.
Bakiyev shocked Washington last week when he announced the closure of the Manas air base, which is a crucial staging post for coalition operations in Afghanistan.
Announcement of the closure came shortly after Russia offered to give the impoverished Central Asian nation more than $2.1 billion in loans and aid. Moscow has long resented U.S. military presence in the former Soviet nation.
The U.S. began using the Manas base in December 2001.
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