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The '''Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base''' is a military base located near the Black Sea city of Constanta in [[Romania]]. [http://useu.usmission.gov/Article.asp?ID=E274DE79-1EDE-4BB6-AB3E-84FF14B75FF1] The base was used "as a hub to transfer US soldiers and military property into [[Iraq]] during the early stage of the [[war in Iraq|Iraqi war]] that [[2003 invasion of Iraq|started in March 2003]]." [http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=344170]
==2003 Invasion of Iraq==
"US soldiers used the Mihail Kogalniceanu airbase as a hub to send equipment and 7,000 combat troops into [[Iraq]] during the early stages of the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|invasion in 2003]], and temporarily kept up to 3,500 American troops there." [http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2441/html/politic.htm#s110232][http://www.angolapress-angop.ao/noticia-e.asp?ID=344170]
==Extraordinary Rendition==
According to a June 2006 report in the ''Sunday Herald'' (UK), a fax intercepted by [[Switzerland|Swiss]] intelligence has revealed that the base is the site of a secret [[CIA]] prison:{{ref|mackay11June06}}
*[http://www.romaniainsideout.org/Romania/romania_in_news036.htm "Investigator Calls Secret CIA Prisons Unlikely,"] ''Los Angeles Times'' (RomaniaInsideOut.org), November 28, 2005.
*[http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=1389317&C=europe "Rice To Visit Romania, Sign U.S. Base Deal,"] Agence France Presse (DefenseNews.com), December 2, 2005.
*[http://www.iran-daily.com/1384/2441/html/politic.htm#s110232 "Romania to House US Military Bases,"] ''Iran Daily'', December 3, 2005.
*William J. Kole, [http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/world/12/4EuroSecret.html "Did U.S. have secret prison in Romania? Soviet-era air base suspected of being CIA detention center,"] Associated Press (''Austin American-Statesman'' (Texas)), December 4, 2005.
*[http://bucharest.usembassy.gov/Washington_File/200/05-12-06/eur205.htm "Transcript: Rice Hails Romania as One of United States' 'Strongest Friends'. (Historic U.S.-Romania military access agreement signed in Bucharest),"] Embassy of the United States of America Bucharest, December 6, 2005.
