before *"the gloves"* come completely off..............
[World Iran threatens to 'eliminate Israel from the Earth' as tensions escalate over Syria airstrikes]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/iran-threatens-apos-eliminate-israel-083600395.html')
Especially if we pull completely out of Syria. I believe we are acting as a check to keep the two (or is it 3 or 4?) sides apart.
It's Only a Matter of Time
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[SIZE=6][US deploys advanced anti-missile system in Israel]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-deploys-advanced-anti-missile-system-israel-145948109.html')[/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]Yes. They say it's only temporary & was meant to test how quickly we could deploy it overseas.
Of course they had to use something like that as a pretext to deploying it so no one would get upset. [/SIZE]
Netanyahu met with Putin last week to discuss a *"foreign forces withdrawal from Syria" *with the emphasis on Iranian forces.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........
[SIZE=6][US deploys advanced anti-missile system in Israel]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-deploys-advanced-anti-missile-system-israel-145948109.html')[/SIZE]
[SIZE=4]Yes. They say it's only temporary & was meant to test how quickly we could deploy it overseas.
Of course they had to use something like that as a pretext to deploying it so no one would get upset. [/SIZE]
Netanyahu met with Putin last week to discuss a *"foreign forces withdrawal from Syria" *with the emphasis on Iranian forces.
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
nope - Israel never agreed to the ceasefire
***Strong Blow Looming? Israel masses armor & troops on the border with Gaza***
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***[SIZE=6][Senior official says no ceasefire with Hamas, as troops remain on Gaza border]('https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-official-says-no-ceasefire-with-hamas-as-troops-remain-on-gaza-border/')[/SIZE]***
Israel did not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, and is ready to continue its airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip, a senior official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage to Washington said Tuesday, minutes before the delegation’s plane landed in Tel Aviv.
“There was no ceasefire,” the senior official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Netanyahu was in constant contact with the IDF chief of staff and other security officials throughout the 12-hour flight back to Israel, the official added.
Israeli troops and tanks along the Gaza border remained at the ready on Tuesday afternoon, hours after an unofficial ceasefire went into effect following the latest bout of warfare between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas terror group in the coastal enclave.
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From Monday night and into Tuesday morning, approximately 60 projectiles were fired at Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli military called for a number of precautionary safety measures in southern Israel: schools in the area were closed, though some informal education was permitted so long as it took place in fortified buildings; businesses were only allowed to open if workers had easy access to bomb shelters; and some government services were not made available in light of the threat of renewed violence.
“We will deal with these issues,” Netanyahu said. “We gave a very powerful response. Hamas needs to know that we won’t hesitate to go in [to Gaza] and take any required steps.”
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The $64,000 question is "What Will Iran Do?"
Will they sit on the side & watch their "allies" get pummeled or step in to help out their terrorist friends?
***Strong Blow Looming? Israel masses armor & troops on the border with Gaza***
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***[SIZE=6][Senior official says no ceasefire with Hamas, as troops remain on Gaza border]('https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-official-says-no-ceasefire-with-hamas-as-troops-remain-on-gaza-border/')[/SIZE]***
Israel did not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, and is ready to continue its airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip, a senior official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage to Washington said Tuesday, minutes before the delegation’s plane landed in Tel Aviv.
“There was no ceasefire,” the senior official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Netanyahu was in constant contact with the IDF chief of staff and other security officials throughout the 12-hour flight back to Israel, the official added.
Israeli troops and tanks along the Gaza border remained at the ready on Tuesday afternoon, hours after an unofficial ceasefire went into effect following the latest bout of warfare between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas terror group in the coastal enclave.
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From Monday night and into Tuesday morning, approximately 60 projectiles were fired at Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli military called for a number of precautionary safety measures in southern Israel: schools in the area were closed, though some informal education was permitted so long as it took place in fortified buildings; businesses were only allowed to open if workers had easy access to bomb shelters; and some government services were not made available in light of the threat of renewed violence.
“We will deal with these issues,” Netanyahu said. “We gave a very powerful response. Hamas needs to know that we won’t hesitate to go in [to Gaza] and take any required steps.”
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The $64,000 question is "What Will Iran Do?"
Will they sit on the side & watch their "allies" get pummeled or step in to help out their terrorist friends?
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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nope - Israel never agreed to the ceasefire
***Strong Blow Looming? Israel masses armor & troops on the border with Gaza***
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Iran isn’t going to do squat. Their leader is barely holding the country together and is most likely on the way out.
***[SIZE=6][Senior official says no ceasefire with Hamas, as troops remain on Gaza border]('https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-official-says-no-ceasefire-with-hamas-as-troops-remain-on-gaza-border/')[/SIZE]***
Israel did not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, and is ready to continue its airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip, a senior official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage to Washington said Tuesday, minutes before the delegation’s plane landed in Tel Aviv.
“There was no ceasefire,” the senior official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Netanyahu was in constant contact with the IDF chief of staff and other security officials throughout the 12-hour flight back to Israel, the official added.
Israeli troops and tanks along the Gaza border remained at the ready on Tuesday afternoon, hours after an unofficial ceasefire went into effect following the latest bout of warfare between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas terror group in the coastal enclave.
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From Monday night and into Tuesday morning, approximately 60 projectiles were fired at Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli military called for a number of precautionary safety measures in southern Israel: schools in the area were closed, though some informal education was permitted so long as it took place in fortified buildings; businesses were only allowed to open if workers had easy access to bomb shelters; and some government services were not made available in light of the threat of renewed violence.
“We will deal with these issues,” Netanyahu said. “We gave a very powerful response. Hamas needs to know that we won’t hesitate to go in [to Gaza] and take any required steps.”
=====================
The $64,000 question is "What Will Iran Do?"
Will they sit on the side & watch their "allies" get pummeled or step in to help out their terrorist friends?
nope - Israel never agreed to the ceasefire
***Strong Blow Looming? Israel masses armor & troops on the border with Gaza***
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Iran isn’t going to do squat. Their leader is barely holding the country together and is most likely on the way out.
***[SIZE=6][Senior official says no ceasefire with Hamas, as troops remain on Gaza border]('https://www.timesofisrael.com/senior-official-says-no-ceasefire-with-hamas-as-troops-remain-on-gaza-border/')[/SIZE]***
Israel did not agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, and is ready to continue its airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip, a senior official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entourage to Washington said Tuesday, minutes before the delegation’s plane landed in Tel Aviv.
“There was no ceasefire,” the senior official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Netanyahu was in constant contact with the IDF chief of staff and other security officials throughout the 12-hour flight back to Israel, the official added.
Israeli troops and tanks along the Gaza border remained at the ready on Tuesday afternoon, hours after an unofficial ceasefire went into effect following the latest bout of warfare between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas terror group in the coastal enclave.
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From Monday night and into Tuesday morning, approximately 60 projectiles were fired at Israeli towns near the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday morning, the Israeli military called for a number of precautionary safety measures in southern Israel: schools in the area were closed, though some informal education was permitted so long as it took place in fortified buildings; businesses were only allowed to open if workers had easy access to bomb shelters; and some government services were not made available in light of the threat of renewed violence.
“We will deal with these issues,” Netanyahu said. “We gave a very powerful response. Hamas needs to know that we won’t hesitate to go in [to Gaza] and take any required steps.”
=====================
The $64,000 question is "What Will Iran Do?"
Will they sit on the side & watch their "allies" get pummeled or step in to help out their terrorist friends?
CommodoreOriginal Crew5,665 postsSince 2018
[***[SIZE=5] Israeli F-16 Jets Blew Up a Syrian Missile Factory (And Russia’s Air Defense Missiles Didn’t Strike)[/SIZE]***]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/israeli-f-16-jets-blew-010000627.html')
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[SIZE=4]*At 2:30 in the morning on April 13, 2019, around a dozen missiles tore over the night sky of Hama province, Syria, launched by Israeli F-16 jets flying over Lebanon. *[/SIZE]
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However, as has happened in [over 200]('https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/israelis-deadly-air-force-has-been-destroying-syrias-russian-25881') other Israeli air strikes on targets in Syria, the defensive fire proved inadequate. The weapons struck three Syrian targets.
The first was a training base called the “Academy.” A second site was reportedly a [storage facility]('https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israeli-attack-on-masyaf-destroyed-syrian-missile-launcher/#1516307532810-95d881e2-6d73') for surface-to-surface missile launchers located near the Masyaf National Hospital. Afterward, the pro-Assad Al-Masdar news agency published [a picture]('https://cdn.almasdarnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/431555c4-6a8f-4412-a368-026d06038eb1-1078x476.jpg') of an annihilated M-600 Tishereen ballistic missile launcher.
The M-600 is a Syrian license-manufactured version of the Iranian Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile, a type[ Tehran has used for missile strikes]('https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/could-irans-missiles-do-unthinkable-sink-us-navy-aircraft-carrier-43087') on targets in Syria, Iraq and Israel since 2017.*
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[SIZE=4]*At 2:30 in the morning on April 13, 2019, around a dozen missiles tore over the night sky of Hama province, Syria, launched by Israeli F-16 jets flying over Lebanon. *[/SIZE]
*
However, as has happened in [over 200]('https://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/israelis-deadly-air-force-has-been-destroying-syrias-russian-25881') other Israeli air strikes on targets in Syria, the defensive fire proved inadequate. The weapons struck three Syrian targets.
The first was a training base called the “Academy.” A second site was reportedly a [storage facility]('https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/israeli-attack-on-masyaf-destroyed-syrian-missile-launcher/#1516307532810-95d881e2-6d73') for surface-to-surface missile launchers located near the Masyaf National Hospital. Afterward, the pro-Assad Al-Masdar news agency published [a picture]('https://cdn.almasdarnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/431555c4-6a8f-4412-a368-026d06038eb1-1078x476.jpg') of an annihilated M-600 Tishereen ballistic missile launcher.
The M-600 is a Syrian license-manufactured version of the Iranian Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile, a type[ Tehran has used for missile strikes]('https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/could-irans-missiles-do-unthinkable-sink-us-navy-aircraft-carrier-43087') on targets in Syria, Iraq and Israel since 2017.*
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
***[SIZE=5][U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-deploying-carrier-bombers-middle-east-warning-iran-010502589.html')[/SIZE]***
*WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling "indications and warnings" from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with "unrelenting force" to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.
With tensions already high between Washington and Tehran, a U.S. official said the deployment has been ordered "as a deterrence to what has been seen as potential preparations by Iranian forces and its proxies that may indicate possible attacks on U.S. forces in the region."However, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was not expecting any imminent Iranian attack.*
"The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or regular Iranian forces," Bolton said in a statement.
*It marked the latest in a series of moves by President Donald Trump's administration aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Iran in recent months.
Washington has said it will stop waivers for countries buying Iranian oil, in an attempt to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero. It has also blacklisted Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, taking the unprecedented step of designating it as a foreign terrorist organization, which Iran has cast as an American provocation.
"The United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force," Bolton said.
A U.S. Navy statement issued early last month said the aircraft carrier and its accompanying convoy of ships had steamed out of Norfolk, Virginia, on April 1 "for a regularly scheduled deployment", but it did not give any destination at the time. *
**============================
*that last paragraph explains why I only saw 3 Carriers parked at Norfolk instead of 4 when I went past there on Mother's Day weekend - I wondered where the other one was............***
*WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling "indications and warnings" from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with "unrelenting force" to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.
With tensions already high between Washington and Tehran, a U.S. official said the deployment has been ordered "as a deterrence to what has been seen as potential preparations by Iranian forces and its proxies that may indicate possible attacks on U.S. forces in the region."However, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was not expecting any imminent Iranian attack.*
"The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or regular Iranian forces," Bolton said in a statement.
*It marked the latest in a series of moves by President Donald Trump's administration aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Iran in recent months.
Washington has said it will stop waivers for countries buying Iranian oil, in an attempt to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero. It has also blacklisted Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, taking the unprecedented step of designating it as a foreign terrorist organization, which Iran has cast as an American provocation.
"The United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force," Bolton said.
A U.S. Navy statement issued early last month said the aircraft carrier and its accompanying convoy of ships had steamed out of Norfolk, Virginia, on April 1 "for a regularly scheduled deployment", but it did not give any destination at the time. *
**============================
*that last paragraph explains why I only saw 3 Carriers parked at Norfolk instead of 4 when I went past there on Mother's Day weekend - I wondered where the other one was............***
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
[***[SIZE=5]Palestinians step up rocket attacks as Israel strikes Gaza[/SIZE]***]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/palestinians-step-rocket-attacks-israel-151509859.html')
JERUSALEM — Gaza militants on Sunday intensified a wave of rocket fire into southern Israel, striking towns and cities and killing at least three people in one of the bloodiest rounds of fighting since the 2014 war.
At least nine Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her 14-month-old niece, have also been killed.
Israeli forces struck dozens of targets throughout Gaza, including militant sites that the military said were concealed in homes or residential areas. The army also moved armored units toward Gaza as the sides headed closer to all-out war.
"Once again, Israel faces a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. We support Israel 100% in its defense of its citizens," Trump tweeted. "To the Gazan people — these terrorist acts against Israel will bring you nothing but more misery. END the violence and work towards peace - it can happen!"
***By late afternoon, the Israeli military said militants had fired over 600 rockets into Israel, and that Israeli forces had launched some 260 airstrikes against militant targets in Gaza. ***
*The military spokesman said Israel was deploying an armored brigade along the Gaza front, with tanks ready for offensive missions as needed. *
JERUSALEM — Gaza militants on Sunday intensified a wave of rocket fire into southern Israel, striking towns and cities and killing at least three people in one of the bloodiest rounds of fighting since the 2014 war.
At least nine Palestinians, including a pregnant woman and her 14-month-old niece, have also been killed.
Israeli forces struck dozens of targets throughout Gaza, including militant sites that the military said were concealed in homes or residential areas. The army also moved armored units toward Gaza as the sides headed closer to all-out war.
"Once again, Israel faces a barrage of deadly rocket attacks by terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad. We support Israel 100% in its defense of its citizens," Trump tweeted. "To the Gazan people — these terrorist acts against Israel will bring you nothing but more misery. END the violence and work towards peace - it can happen!"
***By late afternoon, the Israeli military said militants had fired over 600 rockets into Israel, and that Israeli forces had launched some 260 airstrikes against militant targets in Gaza. ***
*The military spokesman said Israel was deploying an armored brigade along the Gaza front, with tanks ready for offensive missions as needed. *
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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***[SIZE=5][U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-deploying-carrier-bombers-middle-east-warning-iran-010502589.html')[/SIZE]***
*WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling "indications and warnings" from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with "unrelenting force" to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.
With tensions already high between Washington and Tehran, a U.S. official said the deployment has been ordered "as a deterrence to what has been seen as potential preparations by Iranian forces and its proxies that may indicate possible attacks on U.S. forces in the region."However, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was not expecting any imminent Iranian attack.*
"The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or regular Iranian forces," Bolton said in a statement.
*It marked the latest in a series of moves by President Donald Trump's administration aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Iran in recent months.
Washington has said it will stop waivers for countries buying Iranian oil, in an attempt to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero. It has also blacklisted Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, taking the unprecedented step of designating it as a foreign terrorist organization, which Iran has cast as an American provocation.
"The United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force," Bolton said.
A U.S. Navy statement issued early last month said the aircraft carrier and its accompanying convoy of ships had steamed out of Norfolk, Virginia, on April 1 "for a regularly scheduled deployment", but it did not give any destination at the time. *
**============================
*that last paragraph explains why I only saw 3 Carriers parked at Norfolk instead of 4 when I went past there on [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Easter Weekend[/COLOR] - I wondered where the other one was............***
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***[SIZE=5][U.S. deploying carrier, bombers to Middle East to deter Iran: Bolton]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-deploying-carrier-bombers-middle-east-warning-iran-010502589.html')[/SIZE]***
*WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is deploying a carrier strike group and bombers to the Middle East in response to troubling "indications and warnings" from Iran and to show the United States will retaliate with "unrelenting force" to any attack, national security adviser John Bolton said on Sunday.
With tensions already high between Washington and Tehran, a U.S. official said the deployment has been ordered "as a deterrence to what has been seen as potential preparations by Iranian forces and its proxies that may indicate possible attacks on U.S. forces in the region."However, the official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the United States was not expecting any imminent Iranian attack.*
"The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps or regular Iranian forces," Bolton said in a statement.
*It marked the latest in a series of moves by President Donald Trump's administration aimed at ratcheting up pressure on Iran in recent months.
Washington has said it will stop waivers for countries buying Iranian oil, in an attempt to reduce Iran's oil exports to zero. It has also blacklisted Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps, taking the unprecedented step of designating it as a foreign terrorist organization, which Iran has cast as an American provocation.
"The United States is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S. Central Command region to send a clear and unmistakable message to the Iranian regime that any attack on United States interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force," Bolton said.
A U.S. Navy statement issued early last month said the aircraft carrier and its accompanying convoy of ships had steamed out of Norfolk, Virginia, on April 1 "for a regularly scheduled deployment", but it did not give any destination at the time. *
**============================
*that last paragraph explains why I only saw 3 Carriers parked at Norfolk instead of 4 when I went past there on [COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]Easter Weekend[/COLOR] - I wondered where the other one was............***
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AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
[***[SIZE=5]B-52 bombers to be part of U.S. forces sent to Middle East over Iran concerns[/SIZE]***]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/b-52-bombers-part-extra-u-forces-sent-212022716.html')
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*[SIZE=4]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday that B-52 bombers will be part of additional forces being sent to the Middle East to counter what the Trump administration says are "clear indications" of threats from Iran to U.S. forces there.
[/SIZE]*
U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said four B-52s would be deployed, though that number could change. The United States has regularly maintained a bomber presence in the region, and B-1 bombers were there as recently as last month. The B-52 is a long-range, nuclear capable bomber.
*The military also confirmed that the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group had already been scheduled to go to the Middle East, but that its movement was "expedited" due to heightened tension with Iran.
U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan, requested additional forces following "recent and clear indications" that Iranian and proxy forces were making preparations to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, Urban said.
He said the credibility of those threats was based on sources and methods through which the information was obtained, something the U.S. military was not able to discuss.
The military has said the threat to U.S. forces was on land and at sea, but declined to provide further details.
"U.S. Central Command continues to track a number of credible threat streams emanating from the regime in Iran throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility," Urban said.
U.S. officials have told Reuters that the intelligence was based on specific and "credible" threats to U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria and the broader region.
One U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said **there were indications that Iran appeared to be moving short-range ballistic missiles on boats in the Middle East.***
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*[SIZE=4]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Tuesday that B-52 bombers will be part of additional forces being sent to the Middle East to counter what the Trump administration says are "clear indications" of threats from Iran to U.S. forces there.
[/SIZE]*
U.S. officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said four B-52s would be deployed, though that number could change. The United States has regularly maintained a bomber presence in the region, and B-1 bombers were there as recently as last month. The B-52 is a long-range, nuclear capable bomber.
*The military also confirmed that the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group had already been scheduled to go to the Middle East, but that its movement was "expedited" due to heightened tension with Iran.
U.S. Central Command, which is responsible for U.S. military operations in the Middle East and Afghanistan, requested additional forces following "recent and clear indications" that Iranian and proxy forces were making preparations to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, Urban said.
He said the credibility of those threats was based on sources and methods through which the information was obtained, something the U.S. military was not able to discuss.
The military has said the threat to U.S. forces was on land and at sea, but declined to provide further details.
"U.S. Central Command continues to track a number of credible threat streams emanating from the regime in Iran throughout the CENTCOM area of responsibility," Urban said.
U.S. officials have told Reuters that the intelligence was based on specific and "credible" threats to U.S. forces in Iraq, Syria and the broader region.
One U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said **there were indications that Iran appeared to be moving short-range ballistic missiles on boats in the Middle East.***
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
[***[SIZE=5]UK raises threat level for troops in Iraq amid fears of Iranian attack[/SIZE]***]('https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-military-build-sparked-iran-111001212.html')
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
are we bring goaded into another war?
[How Donald Trump May Push America into a War with Iran The Trump administration’s frenzied provocations could lead America to the brink of a conflict with Iran—one that almost no one actually wants.]('https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/how-donald-trump-may-push-america-war-iran-57712')
[How Donald Trump May Push America into a War with Iran The Trump administration’s frenzied provocations could lead America to the brink of a conflict with Iran—one that almost no one actually wants.]('https://nationalinterest.org/blog/skeptics/how-donald-trump-may-push-america-war-iran-57712')
AdmiralOriginal Crew20,900 postsSince 2018
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I would love to know what intelligence they received to mobilize such a show of force.
it was from Dick Cheney
I would love to know what intelligence they received to mobilize such a show of force.
it was from Dick Cheney
CaptainOriginal Crew1,185 postsSince 2019
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