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Old 01-06-2012, 11:59   #1
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Thousands of US troops deploying to Israel????

Found one news story on this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...qcP_story.html

Anyone else even hear about this? Thousands of troops? From where? At first I thought it was just some internet rumor, but seems to be some truth to it. Here we go again...
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Old 01-06-2012, 12:07   #2
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I also read about this yesterday on RT, but wasn't too sure if it were a rumor or not.
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Old 01-06-2012, 12:10   #3
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Our media is full of it

It seems that Iran warning the US navy not to return to the Straights of Hormuz under penalty of destruction, has prompted the US to provide Israel with a bigger and more sophisticated missile shield. When I first read of Irans warning, I immediately went to all the big US newspaper sites, but only found a single small reference, whereas our papers made a very big thing of it.
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Old 01-06-2012, 15:36   #4
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Thousands of US troops? Or maybe a total of thousands of US and Israeli troops seems more likely.
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Old 01-06-2012, 16:00   #5
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I liked one of the related stories:
US Navy rescues Iranian fishermen from Somali pirates
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...#disqus_thread

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A US aircraft carrier whose presence in the Persian Gulf last week triggered threats of retribution from Iran was involved in the rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen being held captive by Somali pirates in the nearby Arabian Sea.
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Old 01-06-2012, 18:09   #6
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I liked one of the related stories:
US Navy rescues Iranian fishermen from Somali pirates
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...#disqus_thread
Very ironic indeed. Personally, I always enjoyed going to Israel.
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Old 01-07-2012, 11:35   #7
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Austere Challenge is an annual joint exercise via USEUCOM. MSM making a mountain out of a molehill?
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