| 1. | It was also a strategic base for trade in the Mediterranean.
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| 2. | The Malacca peninsula became the strategic base for Portuguese trade expansion with China and Southeast Asia.
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| 3. | During the Lebanese Civil War, which started in 1975, Achrafieh became a major strategic base for Christian forces.
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| 4. | Control of this island gave the Mexican military a strategic base between the Mexican mainland and the Yucatecan peninsula.
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| 5. | Dutton said Hong Kong is not ideally located and is too busy with commercial shipping to become a strategic base.
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| 6. | Russia has already begun to leave the deep-water port, a strategic base used by American forces during the Vietnam War.
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| 7. | For the U . S . military, the islands, located just east of Taiwan, offer a strategic base in the region.
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| 8. | During Mobutu Sese Seko's presidency, the strategic base of Rumangabo was occupied by the 411th Chinese-trained commandos of the 41st Bde Cdo.
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| 9. | The airport gained an important role during World War II as a strategic base for aircraft flying between South America and West Africa.
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| 10. | They made good marriages, which led to even better marriages, whichastical & roOt, producing three popes and consolidating a strategic base in Rome.
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