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realist on March 12, 2008 - 10:40am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

It is either for mining or a m1551e base. Any coal in them thar hills?

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Bryant on March 12, 2008 - 11:41am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

As to the possible base, did you note the offset in the gate? Several site look emplaced but there is not much evidence, at this resolution anyway, that the perimeter is patrolled.

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AndrewLee on March 12, 2008 - 12:26pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

What is a M1551e base?

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Undertow on March 12, 2008 - 3:23pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

missile?

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The Dude on March 13, 2008 - 8:13am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I was pu22led by th1s at f14rst, 2.

Seems Joules will get a paranoid post with every article (last time I did the honors).

So it's pronounced "Cry"? I dig the Julie London reference.

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JoulesBurn on March 13, 2008 - 9:38am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I really don't know if that's how Khurais is pronounced (it's probably two syllables for starters), but I figured it was worth it for those who would read it that way. For those who wonder who Julie London is, wonder no more:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ByUOFV5TusE

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R W Reactionary on March 12, 2008 - 10:57pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Could it just be a gravel pit? With as much road construction as must be occuring, high quality road base would be essential.

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JoulesBurn on March 12, 2008 - 11:31pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

It seems to complex for that, and I don't really see a pit.

My best guess is that it is temporary housing for the folks drilling Abu Jifan. The perimeter fence is clearly designed to keep the dunes out, especially with the configuration of the gate.

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R W Reactionary on March 13, 2008 - 1:57am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Before, I go any further, I have to defer to people that are much better at this than I am, in general and you in particular, but take a look at the upper left corner. Isn't that a fairly significant excavation?

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JoulesBurn on March 13, 2008 - 9:29am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Here is its sister site to the south. There is much less activity, but certainly the same thing.

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TJ on March 13, 2008 - 10:50am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Well, if those ponds scattered all over aren't oil they have to be fire ponds. That means they're doing something there that tends to blow up a lot.

At the top left of the original site are three tanks with a filling station. They look a lot like liquefied gas storage of some sort.

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