* Reports on the military buildup in the Middle East and plan to protect the U.S. Centers
Baghdad – Majed Fadhil (Reuters) – said the U.S. Department of Defense (Pentagon) that Iran’s behavior “Subverter of stability” is a factor in their plans in the Middle East but has sought to dispel speculation that the U.S. military mobilizes troops quietly in the region to contain any potential threat.
The number of U.S. troops in Kuwait for about 15 thousand troops in the past few weeks and includes two brigades, combat troops with the withdrawal of troops from Iraq after the war ended there. He said Pentagon spokesman Captain John Kirby that he was unaware of any decision to increase permanently the number of troops stationed in Kuwait. The number of U.S. troops There is increased temporarily because the brigade was deployed in Iraq was transferred to Kuwait after the war to end the spread. He Kirby said the number of troops at any place changes regularly according to need. The U.S. military said earlier this week that a second aircraft carrier arrived in the Arabian Sea and the carrier a third on its way to the region. The Pentagon described it as a periodic change in the concentration of naval vessels. Kirby said that the presence of two aircraft carriers in the region is normal. these moves come with the escalation of tensions between the United States and Iran. Tehran has threatened to take action if entered the U.S. aircraft carrier to the Gulf and said it would try to close the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic corridor is vital for the global oil trade. He said U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta be the feet of such a measure would be a red line to require a response by the U.S.. The other hand, reported the Wall Street Journal that the U.S. government is concerned to prepare Israel for military action Dt Iran, despite objections from Washington, and developed a plan to protect their positions in the region. The newspaper said that U.S. President Barack Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and other senior officials passed private messages to the Israelis to warn them of such an action. The newspaper said Obama called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while he will meet Gen. Nartin Dempsey, the top U.S. military commander, military Israelis in Tel Aviv next week. and said, “The Wall Street Journal” The U.S. military is preparing for the possibility of Iran’s response forms Several Israeli raid, including the possibility of targeting the U.S. embassy in Baghdad by Shiite militias loyal to Tehran. In Iraq, more than 1500 diplomatic and government employee and contractor American. The same newspaper that the United States to keep a deterrent force a 15-thousand troops in Kuwait and has sent an aircraft carrier back to the Gulf region.
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