About Oliver Poole
Oliver Poole is a British pianist and composer. He received his master's degree with distinction from the Royal College of Music in London. Oliver Poole gave his first performance as a soloist with the National Youth Orchestra at the age of eight and became the subject of numerous press features and live broadcasts.
Iran attack: The basics were targeted?
Al Asad air base is so large that, after the US invasion, had they got to the Theater, swimming pools, Fast Food restaurants and not One , But two internal bus routes.
in the 1980s, the Iraqi army was in the West, in the desert, about 100 kilometers from Baghdad.
But it was after the US invasion in 2003, One of the biggest bases for American troops and was quickly implemented.
"It's The Middle of the desert, and surrounded on all sides by Bush land and desert and rocks," by Oliver Poole .
"As you have in The American section, much better Roads . in many ways you have tried to create the establishment of a modern American suburb. "
The facilities were so impressive that some American troops call it even
moved the U.S. from The Base in 2009 and 2010, it was back to the handover to the Iraqis. But , as the Islamic state group, in the control of the surrounding province of Anbar, The Base is attacked.
In the year 2014, as it IS surrounded, - the BBC's Quentin Somerville access to an Iraqi military aircraft.
"memories of The American occupation are everywhere, Spent artillery shells, and dusty accommodation quarters, with uneaten ration packs
scattered back on the ground" to fight After the United States, in Iraq, in the same year, was secured to The Base and rebuilt.
troops, But with a lot less, that "it is only a fraction part of the comfort that it once had".
On the 26. December 2018, the President of Trump visited the troops at The Base .
"The Men and women in Al Asad, played an important role in the military defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria"
But later, he said, he feared for his wife's safety during The Visit . "If you had seen what we had to go through," he told reporters.
In November of last year, Vice-President Mike Pence festival is also the Basis for the harvest festival visited.
It's thought there are around 1,500 US and coalition troops in Al Asad, and around 5,000 US troops in the country as a whole. This Week , in a non-binding vote, the Iraqi Parliament.
In response, the President of Trump brought the cost of the Al Asad air base.
"We have a very extraordinary expensive airbase, this is it," he said. "It costs billions of dollars to build. Long before my time. We are not leaving unless you pay us back for it. "
The Other base was attacked, was in Irbil, the capital of Iraq's relatively stable Kurdistan region.
In September, the U.S. army, it is home", and civilian employees from 13 different Nations".
The Base is used to support the training of local forces. Last month, U.S. Central Command, The First woman, the military instructors in the region graduated from Irbil had.
How long the US will remain in Iraq, however, is uncertain. Only This Week , Minister of defense Mark Esper was forced to deny, which was enough for US.
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Source of news: bbc.com
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