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Samantha Hawley
Residents of the Australian-owned Cocos Keeling islands are concerned their home could become a base for US drones, despite a Government commitment it would not happen in their lifetimes.
The Government has not ruled out the possibility that US military surveillance drones could be based on the strategically important islands, more than 2,000 kilometres north-west of Perth.
But one Cocos Island resident says that just weeks ago a Government minister told community members it would not happen in their lifetimes.
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