While the
The American military previously has trained UAE pilots on their own planes for eight years and more recently on
The pilots, from seven oil-rich UAE kingdoms, are participating in an exercise at an American Air Force base in
Military relations with Arab states were chilled following the September 2001 terrorist attacks on the
“They’re getting world-class training,” Col. Greg Stroud told Defence.com in reference to the UAE delegates.
“The Americans also work with UAE commanders to figure out what kind of surprises the Iranians might try to pull,” noted StrategyPage.com. “Arab nations fear the Iranians, who have dominated the region for thousands of years, and have a long history of coming up with imaginative tactics, and using them aggressively and often with success.”
The threat of
In response to the threat of tougher United Nations sanctions, Iranian state television announced on Tuesday that the government is ready for negotiations and has prepared a new proposal. U.S. President Barack Obama has issued an ultimatum that
The regime of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not reveal details of what it called its “new nuclear package.”