Flying the Dorset flag - in the desert (From Bournemouth Echo)

Flying the Dorset flag - in the desert

8:00am Wednesday 28th July 2010 in

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THE Dorset Flag is flying over the Kuwaiti desert – thanks to the Shaftesbury Tourist Information centre.

Pictures from Camp Arifjan show the county’s golden standard hoist from military vehicles stationed at the 200 million US dollar army base, south of Kuwait City.

Dorset soldiers stationed at the base contacted volunteers at Shaftesbury’s tourist information centre complaining of overexposure to the American flag and calling for an immediate despatch of the Dorset flag.

A relative of one of the soldiers posted the Dorset flag with a package of supplies.