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We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors.

-- Sun Tzu

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Tal Ashtah Airbase

Tal Ashtah Airbase is located approximately 200 kilometers North of Baghdad. The airbase is served by a 9,700 foot long runway. There are 8 hardened aircraft shelters visiable in the 1995 CIB imagery.

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