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May 27, 2009       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052602994.html

French Military Base Opens in Persian Gulf

[Washington Post] Edward Cody - France inaugurated its first military base in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday, underlining an ambition to help meet the strategic challenge from Iran and capture a share of the region's rich arms market for the French defense industry. President Nicolas Sarkozy formally opened a 900-foot quay allocated to the French navy in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Port, a French air force installation at the Dhafra Air Base just outside the city, and a military barracks for several hundred French soldiers.

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