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US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld during a town meeting at As Sayliyah Army Base in 2002

As Sayliyah Army Base (Arabic:قاعدة السيلية العسكرية) or Camp As Sayliyah was a United States Army base in Al Sailiya, a suburb outside Doha, Qatar. U.S. Central Command used it to preposition material bound for Iraq and Afghanistan. It was the largest U.S. Army prepositioning site in the world,[1] capable of storing enough equipment for a U.S. Army armored brigade: more than 150 M-1 Abrams tanks, 116 Bradley fighting vehicles, and 112 other armored personnel carriers.[1][2] It was established in 2000,[3] and closed in June 2021 when its mission was moved to Area Support Group-Jordan.[4] In 2022, it is being used as a way station or "lily pad" for housing Afghans who have been evacuated by the US Government.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 United States. Army Central. Area Support Group - Qatar (January 2018). "Resource Guide for Families at Camp As Sayliyah" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-21.
  2. ↑ des Roches, David (June 8, 2017). "A Base is More than Buildings: The Military Implications of the Qatar Crisis". War on the Rocks. A second military facility, not generally discussed, is also present in Qatar – Camp as Sayliyah. This is a forward positioning logistics facility. It has the equipment for an entire U.S. Army armored brigade, and a number of warehouses. It was essential to American operations in Iraq in 2003.
  3. ↑ globalsecurity.org: "Camp As Sayliyah"
  4. ↑ "US military shifts Army basing from Qatar to Jordan in move that could provide leverage against Iran". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  5. ↑ "Camp as Sayliyah Exchange Rapidly Reopens to Serve Troops Supporting Afghan Guests". 15 September 2021.
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