Word: khormaksar
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ship and plane, most to British bases in Bahrain or Masqat and Oman; the rest will be gone by the middle of next week. Because terrorist units operating from Aden's seething Crater district have been lobbing mortar shells on the port and the city's Khormaksar airbase as a farewell gesture, the British have had to post two regiments in the district simply to protect their rear...
...independence in 1968. Early in the week four South Arabian Cabinet ministers ar rived in London to discuss ways for South Arabia to avert almost certain subversion and take-over by Egypt's Nasser once Britain pulls out its 13,000 troops and closes down Aden's Khormaksar Airfield. To beef up its 5,000-man army, South Arabia wants 5,000 British troops, some patrol boats and spotter planes, a couple of artillery battalions, and eight Hawker Hunter jets...