Gulf state agreed partially to fund base's upkeep, as long as U.S. supports Qatar's continued resource mining
Nov. 30, 2010 (Haaretz) -- Qatar agreed to allow the United States to use a base on Qatari soil to bomb Iran, according to a report in the newspaper Al-Arabiya based on secret diplomatic cables published by the website WikiLeaks.
Qatar also agreed to pay 60 percent of the upkeep costs for the Al-Udeid airbase, which has already been used by the U.S. military to launch air sorties over Iraq.
