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Prensa Latina December 28, 2009 Spain Without a Date to Leave Afghanistan -[J]udging by the amazing Spanish base being built close to the airport of the capital of the Province of Badghis, the withdrawal will not come soon. This base will have a capacity to accommodate around 300,000 soldiers and its cost will exceed 44 million euros. The base will have an extension of around 173 acres and a perimeter of 3 miles. Madrid: The Spanish Minister of Defence Carmen Chacon avoided fixing a date for an eventual withdrawal of its troops that are still deployed in Afghanistan. Chacon has recently visited the contingent of the Iberian nation which is part of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to congratulate in person the Spanish soldiers and to mark Christmas parties and the New Year, the media highlighted Monday. .... As part of her first visit to the occupied country, the official had a breakfast in the aerodrome of the Afghan capital with a group of more than 70 Spanish military personnel responsible for its management and administration since last October and until March 31. She praised the soldiers for their dedicated work and conveyed regards and recognition from President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and King Juan Carlos. The El Pais daily underlined that in constrast to US President Barack Obama's announcement, who fixed for the second semester of 2011 the date to initiate the withdrawal of his troops, Spain doesn't want to fix a date for its withdrawal from Afghanistan. .... According to El Pais, judging by the amazing Spanish base being built close to the airport of the capital of the Province of Badghis, the withdrawal will not come soon. This base will have a capacity to accommodate around 300,000 soldiers and its cost will exceed 44 million euros. The base will have an extension of around 173 acres and a perimeter of 3 miles. Spain has 1,068 soldiers in Afganistan under the ISAF, 998 permanent and 70 temporary who in charge of managing the Kabul Airport. The Spainish contingent is mainly deployed in Herat and Qala e Naw, in the western region of the country. Another 511 soldiers will joing the contingent at the beginning of 2010 in response to a demand by Washington and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: arch...@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: antinato-unsubscr...@topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
