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Mouza's recent appearance was a blow to gender apartheid in the ultra-traditional gulf. Beyond that, the occasion sent another provocative message through the region. By opening a local branch of an American institution, the Weill Cornell Medical College, the reform-minded emir was defiantly signaling Islamic militants: Qatar is promoting modernization and friendship with the U.S. "They have treated us so well," says Dr. Daniel Alonso, dean of Weill Cornell's Doha campus. "We feel at home here...
Makiya has been in contact with the department’s key Iraq policy advisor, Ryan Crocker, who has served as a U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Qatar...
While President Bush is considering the war options that are officially on his desk, U.S. ground forces are lining up for battle. Some 35,000 U.S. troops are already in the region. General Franks and 600 of his battle staff will soon move to a forward headquarters in Qatar as part of an exercise. Many of them are likely to remain in the area to prepare for an invasion. If it comes, they are hoping that the superior technology of the U.S. military will make their job less daunting. But they won't count on it. Central Command recently made...
...such approval is essential in the Middle East. Nations such as Saudi Arabia might not agree to serve as staging bases without U.N. backing, and Bush can't place all the troops he'll need for the war on aircraft carriers. Other friendly Arab nations like Jordan, Egypt and Qatar need U.N. cover to deflect accusations that they are party to an attack on a brother Arab country. With U.N. sanction, it will be easier to convince ordinary Arabs that the war is legitimate and the fault is Saddam's. If the U.N. doesn't come through, the Administration...
...invasion of Iraq could bring a tenfold increase in U.S. forces scattered across tiny Gulf kingdoms such as Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain. The Pentagon already uses two Kuwaiti air bases and maintains a substantial ground force at that country's Camp Doha. Bahrain is home to the U.S. 6th Fleet, while Qatar hosts the biggest pre-positioned military hardware facility in the world - a brigade's worth of tanks, armored personnel carriers, ammo and other equipment. The United Arab Emirates and Oman have routinely allowed U.S. planes to come and go and may see a buildup of U.S. forces...