Posted on Jul 20, 2019
US to send troops to S Arabia amid Iran tensions
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The Pentagon has said US troops are being deployed to Saudi Arabia to defend American interests from "emergent credible threats".
The move comes amid heightened tensions with Iran over the safety of shipping lanes in the Gulf.
Saudi Arabia confirmed that King Salman had approved the move "to strengthen regional security and stability".
The kingdom has not hosted US forces since 2003 when they withdrew at the end of the war with Iraq.
The US presence in Saudi Arabia started with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
BBC North America correspondent Peter Bowes says the US is understood to be deploying Patriot air defence missile batteries manned by 500 soldiers to Prince Sultan Base in Saudi Arabia.
The move comes amid heightened tensions with Iran over the safety of shipping lanes in the Gulf.
Saudi Arabia confirmed that King Salman had approved the move "to strengthen regional security and stability".
The kingdom has not hosted US forces since 2003 when they withdrew at the end of the war with Iraq.
The US presence in Saudi Arabia started with Operation Desert Storm in 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait.
BBC North America correspondent Peter Bowes says the US is understood to be deploying Patriot air defence missile batteries manned by 500 soldiers to Prince Sultan Base in Saudi Arabia.
US to send troops to S Arabia amid Iran tensions
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth I'll Pass, It was Hot Enough at Sea in that Part of the World. I'd Die in that Desert.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - You ain't a woofing, I thought that I was in the Sahara Desert yesterday.
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Acts such as this reminds me of a senior presentation I had back in high school. While the topic of my paper questions whether or not the US should get involved in other nation's internal conflicts and affairs, a key note that I spoke on was how the US use the "national interests in danger" line to send forces to certain regions.
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