"Ron" wrote in message
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Dont be so sure on that last one. They were finding quite inventive
ways
as
to what could be classified as a "support" aircraft. It will probably
be
some
time before it is fully declassified as to what aircraft flew from
where,
but a
certain country east of Iraq that begins with a J was utilized too.

It is no secret that the US flew over Israel and Jordan to strike Iraq.
The
aircraft carrier parked of Isreal in the Med was a hint. Overflying
Saudi
only became an issue after USN kept crashing cruise missiles in the Saudi
Desert.

I was hinting at the fact that we did fly aircraft from Jordan.

It is a different thing to fly from Jordan, than to fly from Saudi. The
comparison of Jordan supporting the democratization of Iraq is a little
different from Saudi doing so. There is also the issue of the US staying
too long on Moslem Holy Land and the need to get out of Saudi. If the
previous Administration had made some move to get out of Saudi, there would
not have been so much co-operation with America's enemies by other Nations.