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15 January 2008

France gets off the bench...

And back into the geo-political game...
France and the UAE have signed a deal allowing France to set up a permanent military base, the first in the Gulf for a Western power other than the US.

Correspondents say the base will give France new ability to project its forces into a strategic oil-producing region.
Note that part of the deal here... is that France will be assisting the UAE with their nuclear program.

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