|
US air base to be built in Iraqi Kurdistan
near Iranian border
25.8.2008
|
|
|
August 25, 2008
Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan region "Iraq", —
The United States has reportedly begun constructing
a new military base in Iraq's Kurdistan region not
far from the Iranian border.
According to the state-owned Press TV,www.ekurd.net
the Kurdistan Regional
Government has allocated 700 hectares of land near
Iran's border for the construction of a large
US-financed airport.
The airport is to be built in the Kurdish town of
Halabja situated about 11 kilometres from the
Iranian border in the northern Iraqi province of
Sulaimaniyah, the Press TV website said on Monday.
The site said there was speculation that the US
wanted to establish an airbase close to the Iranian
border for its forces.
Iraqi Political Analyst Masud Abdulkhaliq says the
construction of a civilian airport near the border
raises many doubts, because of its size and
location.
“The airport is very large and Halabja is a small
town. It doesn't need to build a big airport like
this in an area that is near the border,”
Abdulkhaliq told Press TV.
“So far we have not heard that the airport may be
used as an air base,www.ekurd.net
but the problem is that
till now the name of the company and the contractor
to construct the airport have not been disclosed,”
Abdulkhaliq said.
Copyright, respective author or news agency, presstv
ir | adnkronos com
Top |
Kurd Net
does not take credit for and is not responsible for the content of news
information on this page
|
® 