Reports: 2,000 U.S. troops may deploy for support roles in Israel; Iran threatens intervention

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Reports: 2,000 U.S. troops may deploy for support roles in Israel; Iran threatens intervention

by WorldTribune Staff, October 16, 2023 The Pentagon said it has selected roughly 2,000 troops to prepare for a potential deployment to support an Israeli ground offensive into Gaza. Details of the potential U.S. deployment emerged on Monday after the Department of Defense said the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier strike group, which deployed […]

Chaotic Middle East to be without U.S. aircraft carrier for months

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Chaotic Middle East to be without U.S. aircraft carrier for months

by WorldTribune Staff, January 1, 2017 The United States will be without an aircraft carrier presence in the Middle East for up to two months. The return of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to its Norfolk homeport comes “amid a heated fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria and a slew of burgeoning […]