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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/articleshow?artid=24135109 The Times Of India October 4, 2002 Bulgaria offers air base for strikes on Iraq -Last November, during the Afghan operation, US supply planes used the Sarafovo airport, north of Bourgas on the Black Sea, while some 200 US troops used the nearby military base. Bulgaria has agreements for transit and provisional stay of NATO and US forces. SOFIA (AFP): Bulgaria, a NATO candidate nation, is prepared to open its air space and provide an air base for a future attack against Iraq, Defence Minister Nikolai Svinarov said. "We make clear our willingness to respond to certain requests if they are put to Bulgaria," notably concerning "Bulgarian air space and eventually Sarafovo airport," the national BTA agency quoted the minister as saying on Thursday. He stressed that thus far no such request had been received. However Bulgaria, "will take no position on Iraq until there is a clear (UN) Security Council resolution on Iraq and clarity within the international community; the UN, NATO, and America and its partners," the minister added. Last November, during the Afghan operation, US supply planes used the Sarafovo airport, north of Bourgas on the Black Sea, while some 200 US troops used the nearby military base. Bulgaria has agreements for transit and provisional stay of NATO and US forces. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bacIlu Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
