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ABU DHABI, April 19 (KUNA) -- The (Hasm Al-Oqban 2008) joint GCC-US
military exercise will be held Sunday with the participation of the UAE,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and the USA while Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and
Jordan will act as observers.
According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM), the exercise would last for
two weeks and is going to include workshops and meetings that would boost
military cooperation between the US and the GCC states.
Exercises would include anti-WMDs and counterterrorism operations and it
would be divided to three stages which requires high levels of commitment
amongst participants. (end)
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