SAUDI ARABIA IS WILLING:

US planes 'using Saudi bases' (BBC, 3/12/2003)

The Saudi Arabian opposition in London says there has been a major influx of US warplanes into Saudi airbases close to the Iraqi border.

It says that large numbers of US planes have been arriving at the airbases of Tabuk and 'Arar, and that Saudi troops there had moved out to make room for them....

But a spokesman for the Movement for Islamic Reform in Arabia said the US shows every appearance of mounting a new front in its expected conflict with Iraq....

He said sources inside the Saudi military had revealed that Saudi forces were being moved out of the airbases to make room for the US air force and American ground troops.

This was almost inevitable, and also almost inevitable that it would happen at the last minute, and without fanfare.
Posted by Paul Jaminet at March 12, 2003 11:20 PM