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A character in one of Shakespeare’s dramas
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A river in S. America
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An aero plane jet fighter
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A British Island in the India Ocean
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Detailed explanation-1: -Diego Garcia is a British territory mostly populated by the US military, the British colony that’s been colonised by the Americans. Normally the island is home to about 1, 700 military personnel and 1, 500 civilian contractors. But only about 50 troops are British.
Detailed explanation-2: -Diego Garcia is an island of the British Indian Ocean Territory, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
Detailed explanation-3: -History. In 1971, the local population of Diego Garcia, the Chagossians, was forcibly removed from the island to make way for the base. The Navy tasked the Seabees of Naval Mobile Construction Battalions 1, 40, 62, 71, 133 and Amphibious Construction Battalion 2 with the construction of the base.
Detailed explanation-4: -The atoll of Diego Garcia is in the Chagos Islands located on a large shoal area known as the Great Chagos Bank.