During the second world war, the area had been a support base for Chinese communist guerrilla resistance to the Japanese occupation of 1942-45.
"It explains what was going on in this case," Mr. Fitzgerald said, adding that Mr. bin Laden's "cell set up in Kenya was set up as a support base for bin Laden's group to fight the Americans in Somalia".
For example, the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding — which was known as the Third World Center from 1971 to 2002 — historically focused on serving as a support base for students from underrepresented backgrounds.
The 2014 elections are right around the corner--is he planning to breed a support base for re-election?
Throughout his term, Karmal worked to establish a support base for the PDPA by introducing several reforms.
He pointed out that while there are large numbers of conservative, working-class white voters in key battleground states like Florida and Virginia, who could provide a fertile support base for Trump, there are also a lot of African-American, Hispanic, and college-educated white voters, who will have noticed the kinds of things he has been saying over the past eight months.
Mayada Ashraf, a 22-year-old reporter with the Al-Dustour newspaper, was killed as protests turned violent in Ain Shams, a neighborhood with a strong support base for the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood.
But white working-class voters represent a critical support base for the Republican Party — and increasing numbers of them are shopping for an alternative with whom they feel some semblance of an emotional connection.
"Of course, it was different, being black, but I found a black support base for myself.
Helmand was a strong support base for the Taliban, and the American military has been unhappy with the attitude of its governor, Sher Muhammad Akhundzada.
But unions are a key support base for Corbyn's leadership and have become increasingly vocal about the risks of plunging out of the single market.
