Kyrgyzstan to close U.S. base used to supply Afghanistan

Cool! Another unexpected challenge for Obama. Good luck with increasing the troop levels when you won't be able to support the ones that are already there. Russia failed in Afghanistan and they want the U.S. to suffer the same humiliation.
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Kyrgyzstan to close U.S. base used to supply Afghanistan
By Tom Lasseter, Mcclatchy Newspapers – Tue Feb 3, 3:23 pm ET

MOSCOW — In a setback to the escalating U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan , the president of Kyrgyzstan said Tuesday that his government will shut down the American air base in his country.

U.S. officials say that the Manas Air Base is vital to plans to send an additional 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan , a linchpin of President Barack Obama's efforts to pacify the country.

It's a direct challenge to the new American administration. Russia is going out of its way to close an American base," said Pavel Felgenhauer , a Moscow -based military analyst.

Two weeks ago, Gen. David Petraeus , the head of the U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the Middle East and south Asia , said that senior Kyrgyz officials had assured him that there were no discussions between the country and Russia about closing the base in exchange for aid.
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