Saudis confirm Iraq war will end U.S. presence in kingdom
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SPECIAL TO WORLD TRIBUNE.COM
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
ABU DHABI Ñ Saudi Arabia has confirmed that Western military troops
will leave the kingdom later this year.
Saudi officials said U.S., British and French forces would leave the
kingdom after the conclusion of a war against Iraq. They said Saudi Arabia
would relay a formal request to NATO countries to end their military
presence once the regime of President Saddam Hussein is toppled and order is
restored in Iraq.
More than 5,000 Western troops, most of them U.S. Air Force personnel,
are deployed in the Prince Sultan Air Base, according to a Middle East Newsline report. Saudi Arabia has permitted the
NATO members use of the air base to monitor the no-fly zones in northern and
southern Iraq.
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