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From: John Saylor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

> There are times, however, when the U.S. military considers this
17-square-mile atoll of coral and sand in the
> middle of the Indian Ocean one of the most valuable places on Earth. A
British dependency, Diego Garcia was
> developed as a joint U.S.-UK air and naval refueling and support station
during the cold war. Located in the
> middle of the Indian Ocean and out of cyclone range, it was ideal for
keeping an eye on the Soviet Union.


 A good job the place was empty and available to be used as a base, then,
eh?
 Except it wasn't. In 1968 at the request of LBJ the British Government, a
Labour government,
 compulsorily evacuated the population, over 3 000 people, to, I think,
Mauritius where they linger
 destitute & excluded to this day. The term "ethnic cleansing" hadn't been
coined back then.


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