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According to the book Nasser's Blessed Movement by Joel Gordon, the US army once considered shifting regional command of American troops to either Cyprus or Gaza when starting to participate in Joint Middle Eastern Command in Cold War exercises in 1951.

Suppose they go through with it and a new base is formed in Gaza, then under Egyptian control. How would this affect regional policy and US military/political concerns? How does Israel react? Or Nasser, assuming the Free Officer moment continues with its historical trajectory?
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