Dec 17, 2002
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has selected Djibouti and Qatar, toreplace U.S. military facilities in Saudi Arabia.
JERUSALEM [MENL] -- The government has won initial parliamentary approvalfor an $8.72 billion defense budget that officials term as unrealistic.
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Israel and the United States have begun another roundof high-level military cooperation talks concerning the expected war againstIraq.
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- France and Qatar prepare to launch a new effort toexpand defense and military cooperation.