re: Iran Conflict: 1/6 8:30 pm - Trump Drafting Sanctions on Iraq

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They have them and super high tech weapons thanks to Obama

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However I would surmise that we definitely have other still-classified massive non-nuclear ordnance that simply has not been combat-deployed yet.

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@NewsBreaking
DEVELOPING: Soldiers deploying with the 82nd AB have been banned from bringing personal cellphones, with Maj. Gen. James Mingus stating: "This is not the normal kind of deployment. The decision 100 percent an operation operational security and force protection measure" - CNN

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Someone went to a lot of effort to fake that letter... after I looked at it a second time, I realize it isn't signed... so could have been an elaborate fake.

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Roughly 4,000 troops - a brigade - from the 82nd Airborne Division based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, have started deploying to Kuwait. They are part of the division's global response force, kept on standby for particular emergencies. A senior US military officer said the deployment of the 82nd Airborne paratroopers and other ground forces was defensive, meant to position more troops in the Middle East who could be quickly deployed to defend or reinforce US embassies, consulates and military bases.

Roughly 100 other paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team, based out of Vicenza, Italy, will also deploy to the Middle East, according to a Defence Department official. Stars and Stripes first reported the deployment.

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Other units include around 100 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. The company-size contingent is deployed to Kuwait as part of a special purpose task force meant to respond to emergencies in the Middle East. The Marines, fresh off helping US forces withdraw from north-eastern Syria, are reinforcing dozens of security personnel positioned at the US Embassy in Baghdad. The compound is large, more than 40ha, with guard posts, living areas, dining halls and small shops.

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Around 100 Army Rangers from the 75th Ranger Regiment deployed shortly after last week's drone strike. The Rangers, part of the secretive Joint Special Operations Command, most likely will act as a reaction force if any Iranian-backed forces launch a concerted attack on a US position, according to one Defence Department official.

The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit includes roughly 2,200 Marines and sailors, composed of an infantry battalion, logistics unit and a squadron of aircraft, namely transport helicopters and attack jets. They are aboard Navy ships in the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group, made up of around 2,000 sailors, and are steaming toward the Middle East as part of a previously scheduled deployment.

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There are between 45,000 and 65,000 US military personnel - the number can vary by the day - now deployed in Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf nations, including around 5,500 troops in Iraq and 600 in Syria.

In response to Iranian attacks and provocations since May, the Pentagon deployed about 14,000 additional troops to the Persian Gulf region, including roughly 3,500 more to Saudi Arabia. The military assets include early warning aircraft, maritime patrol planes, Patriot air and missile defence batteries, B-52 bombers, a carrier strike group, armed Reaper drones and other engineering and support personnel.

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Roughly 2,000 US troops are in Turkey, mostly based at Incirlik Air Base. Despite recent tensions with the fellow Nato country, the United States has continued to use the airfield. US aircraft launched hundreds of combat sorties from the base at the height of the conflict against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in 2016 and 2017.

Bahrain is home to the headquarters of the USNavy's 5th Fleet, which commands warships patrolling the region.

In Qatar, the sprawling Al Udeid base is home to around 10,000 troops. It is the headquarters for US air operations in the region, and hosts a fleet of midair refuelling tankers, along with reconnaissance and bomber aircraft.

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The number of troops in the region changes substantially depending on the presence of an aircraft carrier strike group (currently led by the USS Harry S. Truman), and whether a large group of Marines is afloat in those waters. The 26th MEU is likely to soon pass through the Mediterranean, according to US Naval Institute's fleet tracker, and head toward the Red Sea.

The aircraft carrier Truman will be in the region until sometime in February or March, when it will either be replaced or supported by the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower after it arrives from the Mediterranean.

Aircrews assigned to the Eisenhower already have been briefed on launching potential long-range bombing missions.

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In other words....

A LEAK

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