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US to boost military presence in Mideast, sending fighter jet squadron and keeping carrier there

The Independent

The Independent

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Additionally, making good on a promise to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Biden ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the region.
Fox News
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin late Friday signed orders to move the additional assets and capabilities to the Middle East and parts of Europe, following pledges by Tehran and its proxies to take revenge for the killing this past week of a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and of the Hamas terror group’s political leader on Iranian soil.
Voice Of America
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The USS Lincoln aircraft carrier will replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt — a move that had been expected before Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran’s capital — and more destroyers and fighter aircraft will also deploy to the region.
NBC News
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The island nation helped tens of thousands of people leave during the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Guardian

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