Middle East Transparent	14 November 04	شفــــاف الشــــرق الأوســــط
Qatar, 2002 Taken by DigitalGlobe, a commercial satellite company, this image of the U.S.-leased Al Udeid airbase in the tiny Persian Gulf country of Qatar quickly and visibly drew domestic and international attention to the ongoing U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf in preparation for a possible war with Iraq. The image, which the GlobalSecurity.org Web site made public, is the single most requested image in the Web site's history, generating stories by major U.S. and foreign broadcast, print, and other media. The planes to the right are KC-135R Stratotanker refuelers, while the loneplane to the left is a C-17 Globemaster transport.
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HallBldgnLscping@aol.com Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 23:05:58 EDT My husband is there right now. He is in the USAF. Is this really safe to be showing htese pictures online? "Patrick Dumka" <pdumka2@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 17:22:43 -0400 Josh, Don't worry, these pictures are stills and haven't been updated in years. AF Technical Sgt. Wed, 20 Apr 2005 20:10:14 -0700 (PDT) "Josh Yancey" <jyredneck@yahoo.com> MY DAD FLYS ON JSTARS, WHY ARE YOU SHOWING THIS, I AM ONLY 15 AND I WANT TO BE A FIGHTERT PILOT, ISNT THIS SHOWING TOO MUCH? -Josh-