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7-Dec-14 World View -- Obama orders 1000 more troops for Afghanistan

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7-Dec-14 World View -- Obama orders 1000 more troops for Afghanistan

Britain will open a new military base in Bahrain

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Britain will open a new military base in Bahrain
Obama orders 1000 more troops for Afghanistan

Britain will open a new military base in Bahrain

The base will be an expansion of Bahrain's Mina Salman port, with limited facilities that Britain has been using since 1971

The base will be an expansion of Bahrain's Mina Salman port, with limited facilities that Britain has been using since 1971

Britain and Bahrain announced a deal for Britain to open a new military base in Bahrain. The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet is also based in Bahrain, and Britain has been sharing some of its facilities. This new agreement will permit Britain to substantially expand its presence in the Mideast. Britain closed all is major bases east of the Suez canal following major defense spending cuts in 1971, so this agreement marks the first permanent base in the Mideast since then. According to Britain's defense secretary:

"This new base is a permanent expansion of the Royal Navy's footprint and will enable Britain to send more and larger ships to reinforce stability in the Gulf."

Immediate plans including using the new facilities in the fight against ISIS. The US has been escalating its military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan, and it appears that Britain is doing so as well. Guardian (London) and AFP

Obama orders 1000 more troops for Afghanistan

Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced on Saturday that the administration is increasing by 1,000 the number of soldiers that the US will keep in Afghanistan next year. Hagel noted that there has been a particularly violent surge of Taliban attacks in Kabul recently. "The recent wave of Taliban attacks has made it clear that the international community must not waver in its support for a stable, secure and prosperous Afghanistan," he said.

President Obama had promised to have all US troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan by the end of 2014. He brought in anti-war politician Hagel as Secretary of Defense in order to complete the withdrawal, but circumstances, especially the Islamic State / of Iraq and Syria (IS or ISIS or ISIL), have forced him to order American troops to re-enter Iraq, and then to continually increase the US presence. ( "8-Nov-14 World View -- Obama sharply escalates U.S. involvement in Iraq war") It now appears that increased Taliban violence is beginning to force a similar escalation in Afghanistan. Reuters and CNN

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