About 3000 us troops heading to the middle East after the assassination of the Iranian General Soleimani in connection with the growing tensions in the region .
According to FOX 32, the troops sent to Iran, belong to the 82nd airborne division in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. They will join 700 soldiers from the 82nd airborne troops that were stationed in Kuwait earlier this week after the storming of the U.S. Embassy.
PRAYERS FOR OUR SOLDIERS: 750 soldiers from Fort Bragg»s 82nd Airborne Brigade were immediately deployed to the Middle East as about 3,000 more prepared for possible deployment in the next several days. Thank you for your service. https://t.co/MDhH8Y5L6G… https://t.co/en6NUineCI
— Ann Yaggie (@AnnYaggie) January 4, 2020
Since may last year this region has already been sent to 14 000 us troops, after the first public allegations that Iran is planning attacks on the United States.
The decision was taken after trump commented on the airstrike on Iran, saying that he was ordered to eliminate Soleimani because he killed and wounded a lot of Americans for many years and planned to kill many more. «It should have been removed many years ago,» he added.
Trump is seemly planning to send nearly 3,000 additional troops to the Middle East after the U.S. airstrike in Baghdad which killed Irani General #QassemSoleimani. #TrumpsWar https://t.co/JbqbdUg5uo
— Global Analytica (@AnalyticaGlobal) January 4, 2020
The escalation of the conflict between Washington and Iran say and the statements of the Iranian leaders. Iran has promised «violent retaliation» for the murder of Soleimani. This is the second major crisis since then, trump came out of the nuclear deal in 2015 and imposed tough sanctions.
The United States urged its citizens to leave Iraq «immediately,» because the fear is growing that the impact and any retaliation from Iran could inflame the conflict of terrifying proportions.
US Army deploys 3,000 troops to the Middle East following the Embassy attack and the assassination of Soleimani in #Baghdad.
May God keep them safe. 🙏 pic.twitter.com/e9sUk9u93m
— Hananya Naftali (@HananyaNaftali) January 4, 2020
Secretary of state Mike Pompeo said that Soleimani were «imminent» threat to the U.S. and American interests in the region.
