Russia is believed to have played a part in that episode, offering the Kyrgyz government a large aid and loan package after it passed the bill. At the time, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morell accused Russia of “attempting to undermine” the U.S. military’s use of Manas. The U.S. then offered to more than triple what it had been paying for the facility and struck a deal allowing it to continue operations through the middle of 2014 at a cost of about $60 million per year, up from $17.4 million, according to the Pentagon. The base was in the news last month when a KC-135 refueling jet crashed west of the capital, killing all three on board. stripes/news/kyrgyzstan-bill-likely-to-end-us-use-of-air-base-at-manas-1.226777 WE SPEND 60 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF KILLING PEOPLE AND PROTECTING THE OPIUM CROP IN AFGHANISTAN????? GLAD THEY TOLD US TO PACK UP.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:33:31 +0000
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