But the western desert is huge, some two and a half times the size of Israel.
Since the war began, little has been known about military operations in Iraq's western desert.
The testing area would cover 1,400 square miles of the state's western desert.
He is in the western desert, preparing to gas the capital.
"I would prefer to act in the western desert, but this is not the reality."
The two huge C-130 cargo craft came in low over the western desert.
Although at present the western Egyptian desert is totally dry, this was not the case in the past.
Fields still to be explored are in the western desert, near Jordan.
Egyptians considered Libya's western desert to be the land of the dead.
They'd heard all about the recent air disasters, and the murderer's airport in the Western desert.