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US deployment in Kyrgyzstan shows new "lily pad" strategy
RTWT. But one amusing tidbit:
The base is pumping about $156,000 a day into the local economy and last year accounted for 5% of Kyrgyzstan's entire gross domestic product.
Pretty small economy there.
Posted by: someone 2004-07-27
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