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2022-11-21 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
US building ‘air and maritime defense’ system in Mideast to deter ‘imminent threats’
[IsraelTimes] Brett McGurk, top White House official on region, says ’something long talked about is now being done, through innovative partnerships and new technologies’

The United States is reinforcing defense infrastructure in the Middle East, at a time of tension with Iran, a US official said Sunday, adding that Tehran had likely abandoned a plan to attack Saudi Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Fifteen of the nineteen WTC hijackers were Saudis, and most major jihadi commanders were Saudis, to include Osama bin Laden. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman quietly folded that tent in 2016, doing terrible things to the guys running it, and has since been dragging the kingdom into the current century...
due to security cooperation.

Brett McGurk, the National Security Council coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa, told the annual Manama Dialogue conference in Bahrain that his country is focused on deterring "imminent threats" in the strategic energy-rich and conflict-ridden region.

"The United States is now actively building and enabling an integrated air and maritime defense architecture in this region," said McGurk, the top White House official on the Middle East.

"Something long talked about is now being done, through innovative partnerships and new technologies," he added without elaborating.

On Saturday, the US Central Command chief General Michael Kurilla announced during the same conference that a US-led task force will deploy more than 100 unmanned vessels in the Gulf region’s strategic waters by next year to stave off maritime threats.

The announcements came after Israel and the United States blamed Iran
...They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
for a dronezap off the coast of Oman last week that hit a tanker operated by an Israeli-owned firm.

The attack, which coincided with heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington, was the latest in a string of disruptions in Gulf waters that are a major route for world energy supplies.

McGurk said the US forces have "exposed and deterred imminent threats" by Iran, confirming earlier reports that the Islamic Theocratic Republic was planning an attack against its regional rival Saudi Arabia.

"That attack likely did not emerge because of the close security cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States, which is ongoing and continuous," he explained.

Speaking at the same session, the Israeli National Security Adviser Eyal Hulata described Iran as Israel’s "most prominent security threat."

Israel has lobbied the United States and main European powers to abandon attempts to renew a 2015 deal with Tehran over its nuclear program.

Negotiations over that deal have stalled.

"Enough with futile talks in Vienna," said Hulata, adding that "even the people of Iran are saying enough" as the regime embarks "on a brutal crackdown against its own people."

He was referring to the two months of nationwide protests which have become the biggest challenge to Iran’s holy manal regime since the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Posted by trailing wife 2022-11-21 03:14|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 Meanwhile, threats to our own sovereignty and security continue to be ignored by the UniParty.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-21 06:10||   2022-11-21 06:10|| Front Page Top

#2 On Saturday, the US Central Command chief General Michael Kurilla announced during the same conference that a US-led task force will deploy more than 100 unmanned vessels in the Gulf region’s strategic waters by next year to stave off maritime threats.
20 years from now wars will be fought by robots, not humans.
Posted by Slavising Unineting5672 2022-11-21 06:41||   2022-11-21 06:41|| Front Page Top

#3 I wasn't aware the Proud Boys were operational in that theater.
Posted by Rex Mundi 2022-11-21 15:23||   2022-11-21 15:23|| Front Page Top

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