Word: overflights
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...even if the Pentagon may not need or even want much foreign help, U.S. armed forces do require other kinds of cooperation, like basing and overflight rights. This was most recently demonstrated in the long-running argument between the U.S. and Turkey over the price--literally--of allowing U.S. troops on Turkish soil. While the diplomats haggled, nearly three dozen ships started to ferry men and equipment of the 4th Infantry Division from the U.S. to Turkey. Under the war plans, the division is supposed to attack Iraq from the north. Diverting the Turkey-bound ships to the Persian Gulf...
...asked Syrian President Bashar Assad to restrain Hizballah forces that had been firing rockets at Israel from the north. A diplomatic source critical of Iran's role in arming Hizballah tells TIME that the U.S. has at least twice asked Saudi Arabia to stop giving Iranian military supply planes overflight permission for loads of weaponry earmarked for Hizballah. "We continually raise this issue with diplomatic discussions and our views on overflight are well known throughout the region," a U.S. State Department official told TIME. "We don't tolerate illegal flow of weapons and that message has not changed." A Saudi...
...Arab country could incite unrest among a public already angry about U.S. support for Israel in its conflict with the Palestinians. But as in other Arab countries, the leaders loathe Saddam. Because the U.S. supplies Egypt with $2 billion in aid a year, it can probably count on overflight rights and the use of the Suez Canal for warships and supply boats...
...last time an American president made war on Iraq, he gathered his aides together and quietly told them what to do. He dispatched some on secret missions to round up cash from rich countries without armies, others to nail down overflight rights from nations that preferred to sit on the fence. He saw to the freezing of Iraqi assets and the movement of U.S. warships, troops and planes--and when they were in position, he mounted a worldwide diplomatic push for war. Only later did he let the public in on the details. Even some of George H.W. Bush...
...days after the terrorist attacks, Armitage met with Lieut. General Mahmood Ahmed, the head of Pakistani intelligence, who just happened to be in Washington. Armitage, in a tone that he himself described as scorching, dictated the U.S. terms: Seal the borders, provide overflight and basing rights, sever diplomatic relations with the Taliban, and cut off the flow of oil and gas to Kabul. In return, the U.S. would lift sanctions, encourage loans by the International Monetary Fund and--together with its friends in Europe and Asia--shower Musharraf with more financial aid than he would know how to spend...