Kyrgyzstan May Close Key US-Afghan Airbase http://www.truthout.org/020409J Mike Eckel, The Associated Press: "Kyrgyzstan's president said Tuesday that his country is ending US use of a key airbase that supports military operations in Afghanistan. A US military official in Afghanistan called President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's statement 'political positioning' and denied the US presence at the Manas airbase would end anytime soon."
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