Some 3, 000 U.S. troops man the al-Udeid air base in Qatar, just across the gulf from Iraq.
In October 2011, four people were killed when an Antonov crashed on landing at al-Anad air base in southern Yemen.
Following the prayer, the coffin was taken to the mosque, first by hearse, then by horse-drawn carriage for a military procession through the streets of Cairo to Al-Maza Air Base.
Sure, those democratic states will talk, and bargain, and hog air time on Al-Arabiya.
It wasn't CNN or even the BBC who were in Kabul broadcasting exclusive pictures when the air strikes began, but Al-Jazeera, until then a little-heard-of Arab TV station.
An open-air boardwalk called The Waterfront offers al fresco dining and shopping venues with seaside views.
If representatives of the two groups want to make a public point, the Qatari-owned satellite-television station, Al Jazeera, is at hand to air it.
They said the fire began while the plane was taxiing after landing about 9:10 p.m. at al-Udeid, the headquarters of U.S. military air operations for the Middle East.
In the fort's courtyard are several small wooden boats and traditional barasti (palm-leaf) houses, including the primitive Al Kaimah, and the summerhouse Al Areesh with traditional wind-tower (barajeel) "air conditioning".
John Prendergast of the Enough Project says similar U.S. air strikes have helped the radical militias like the al-Shabab.
Two other former workers at Guantanamo also have been detained -- civilian translator Ahmed Mehalba and Air Force Senior Airman Ahmad al Halabi.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has urged TV stations not to air video of the attacks by gunman Mohamed Merah as al-Jazeera discusses showing footage.
General John Jumper, Air Force chief of staff, says the military is upgrading al-Udeid for use as a command-and-control center if the Saudis put CAOC off-limits.
Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari, head of Hamas' military wing, was killed in the initial air strike.
Activists say Al-Ghamdi is an Islamist evangelist popular in Saudi Arabia for his televised appearances and for speaking on air about the rewards of repenting to God.
It has a whitewashed al fresco restaurant that specializes in Mediterranean fare, a night-lit swimming pool surrounded with beanbags, 23 air-conditioned beachfront bungalows with Balinese-style outdoor bathrooms and a two-bedroom villa with plunge pool set on a hill.
In Afghanistan he was largely right to push Tommy Franks to make bolder use of air power and special forces (though more ground troops might have made it easier to capture al-Qaeda's leaders).
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