April 5, 2010
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from the base of Shuaiba to Nasiriya
بغداد ـ الصباح Baghdad morning
U.S. forces began to withdraw from the Shuaiba base in Basra after the handover of al-Qaeda to the Iraqi government to implement the agreement signed last Tuesday.
A military statement said American forces in the SAA will be transferred to the base turn for emergency operations, about ten kilometers south of the city of Nasiriyah, "where it will continue from there office in Counselling and training of the Iraqi security forces.
The Shuaiba is one of the oldest military bases in Iraq, was stationed by the British and Danish troops since 2003, and then handed over to U.S. forces after the withdrawal of British troops from Iraq.
Due attention to the foreign military Balsaibp to 1930 when they took the seat of the British forces under the Treaty (Iraqi - UK) In 1939 to 1945 became the Shuaiba (base) major includes airports, and large stores under the ground, In 1946, British troops withdrew from Basra after the victory over Germany in World War II, but retains Shuaiba military base for British Airways. In 1955, British troops were withdrawn from the military base in Shuaiba, when the contract (the Baghdad Pact.)
It was to this rule a big role in Iraqi military operations during the 1988-1980 war with Iran and the war in Kuwait in 1990.
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