Saddam Hussein had put them there to protect the planes from the first Gulf War.
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"I treni di Tozeur" ("The trains of Tozeur") is an Italian song, written by Franco Battiato, Rosario Cosentino and Giusto Pio.
At least until 2003, some of these aircraft were stored in Amman, Beirut, Tehran, Tozeur and Tunis and because of the Gulf War and ban on air travel in Iraq.
The video for the song was filmed in February 2006 in the Tunisian desert and the Palace of Tozeur by Thierry Vergnes, who also directed the video for "Aimer jusqu'à l'impossible".
La Palme Sportive de Tozeur often referred to as LPST Tozeur, is a football club from Tozeur in Tunisia.
Nefta lies on GP 3 (Gafsa-Nefta), 25 km/16 mi southwest of Tozeur (airport; regular services to and from Tunis, Monastir, and Djerba) and 113 km/70 mi southwest of Gafsa.