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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...global mission, but our focus is on the Persian Gulf." Since some of the units available to Kelley are not sufficiently trained and equipped for combat and most are based in the U.S., the force would have to be quickly whipped into shape and airlifted to staging areas mear the combat zone. There it would "marry up" with equipment and supplies prepositioned on ships now cruising off Diego Garcia, a British-owned island in the Indian Ocean some 2,500 miles south of Hormuz. The U.S. has leased base rights on the island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Preserving the Oil Flow | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

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