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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 lone
plane to the left is a C-17 Globemaster transport.
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