2005
".... As of mid-May 2005 it was reported that US forces
occupied a total of 106 bases..."
2009
"... the biggest logistical challenge since the Vietnam
War... 350 bases large and small across the country will be shuttered or handed
over to Iraqi forces...”
2015
“…The United States
is considering building more U.S. military bases in Iraq to drive back Islamic
State militants… "Our campaign is built upon establishing these ‘lily
pads,’ if you will, that allow us to continue to encourage the Iraqi security
forces forward… "http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2015/06/11/world/middleeast/11reuters-mideast-crisis-iraq-usa.html?ref=reuters&utm_source=atl-daily-newsletter&_r=0
