<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>US Military Bases Around The World : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>45213</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45213/1/</url><title><![CDATA[US Military Bases Around The World]]></title><description><![CDATA[The <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_military_bases" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Military</a> of the <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.defenselink.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">US</a> is <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployments_of_the_United_States_Military" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">deployed</a> in many <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/pentagon/maps/9.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">countries</a>. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, The War on Terror. The US has nearly 1.4 million active <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">personnel</a>, and over 369,000 of those are deployed outside the United States and its territories.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>99</score><crdate>12/25/2007 5:57:19 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-25T17:57:19+01:00</atomdate></link><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
google_ad_client = "pub-7980396607107658";
google_alternate_ad_url = "http://www.plime.com/ads.p";
google_ad_width = 336;
google_ad_height = 280;
google_ad_format = "336x280_as";
google_ad_type = "text";
//2007-11-05: plime google referrals, plime
google_ad_channel = "7561682656+8641277915";
google_max_num_ads = '2';
google_color_border = color_3;
google_color_bg = color_3;
google_color_link = color_1;
google_color_text = color_4;
google_color_url = color_2;
google_ui_features = "rc:10";
//-->
</script>
<script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js">
</script></div><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%' style='padding-top:5px;margin-bottom:0px;' class='trh'><tr valign='bottom'><td><table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0'><tr valign='bottom'><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabs lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-comments'><a href='/l/45213/1/' class='plime2 td mn'>comments (5)</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-related'><a href='/l/45213-related/1/' class='plime td mn'>related</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-share'><a href='/l/45213-share/1/' class='plime td mn'>share</a></td><td class='minitabspc' style='font-size:7px'>&nbsp;</td><td class='minitabd lg'  nowrap="nowrap" id='tab-history'><a href='/l/45213-history/1/' class='plime td mn'>edit history (0)</a></td></tr></table></td><td class='minitabspc' style='width:100%' valign='middle'><table width='100%'><tr class='regular'><td align='right'> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&lt;</a><span> <b><a class='page-selected td' href='/l/45213/1/'>1</a></b> <a onclick='return false' class='page-dull td'>&gt;</a></span></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><comment><id>165892</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/45213/1/xml_widget.rss#q6</url><title><![CDATA[bandit @ 12/27/2007 2:36:38 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/war/l/45213/1/#q5"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>2manyusernames</b> : oops! I was looking at Norway.</i></div>Norway is the one that looks like a big boot in the north of the Dead sea.  It shares a border with Brazil and is divided by the Nile river.  =P<br/><br/><br/>KIDDING!]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/27/2007 2:36:38 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-27T14:36:38+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>165890</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/45213/1/xml_widget.rss#q5</url><title><![CDATA[2manyusernames @ 12/27/2007 2:32:09 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/war/l/45213/1/#q4"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>bandit</b> : Iceland is colored as though there are more than 1,000 US Troops there.  It has not been that way since 2006.</i></div>oops! I was looking at Norway.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/27/2007 2:32:09 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-27T14:32:09+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>165845</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/45213/1/xml_widget.rss#q4</url><title><![CDATA[bandit @ 12/27/2007 11:02:04 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/war/l/45213/1/#q3"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>2manyusernames</b> : They are listed as we have use of military facilities in those countries, not that we have a base there.</i></div>Iceland is colored as though there are more than 1,000 US Troops there.  It has not been that way since 2006.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/27/2007 11:02:04 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-27T11:02:04+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>165727</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/45213/1/xml_widget.rss#q3</url><title><![CDATA[2manyusernames @ 12/26/2007 10:52:40 PM]]></title><content><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><a class="page-dull td" href="/war/l/45213/1/#q2"><b>&laquo;</b></a>&nbsp;<i><b>bandit</b> : This map is old.<br/><br/>The bases in Iceland and the Philippines are closed.</i></div>They are listed as we have use of military facilities in those countries, not that we have a base there.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/26/2007 10:52:40 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-26T22:52:40+01:00</atomdate></comment><comment><id>165473</id><url>http://www.plime.com/l/45213/1/xml_widget.rss#q2</url><title><![CDATA[bandit @ 12/26/2007 11:58:16 AM]]></title><content><![CDATA[This map is old.<br/><br/>The bases in Iceland and the Philippines are closed.]]></content><score></score><crdate>12/26/2007 11:58:16 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-26T11:58:16+01:00</atomdate></comment></items></xml>