War in the Middle East: A recap of March 13 – The US is amassing "infantry" in the region and clearing the area for its deployment… Yesterday was not much different from previous days of the war. However, the news feed is increasingly filled with...
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... news related to the deployment of American rapid response units in the region and the subsequent clearing of adjacent territories for this deployment. First and foremost, this concerns #Iraq, where the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division (and possibly other forces not yet reported in the media) will clearly be deployed to the region. To prevent this deployment from immediately ending in the fight against insurgents on Iraqi soil (which the Pentagon absolutely must not allow), American aircra...
...ft and special forces have been conducting operations in recent days to neutralize units of the Shiite militia, the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi. They are quite active here. They are responsible for many strikes on American bases in the north of the country. They even claimed responsibility for the downing of an American KC-135 refueling aircraft the day before. Moreover, despite the relatively weak combat capability of these "units," the Al-Hashd al-Shaabi units are quite numerous (up to 100,000 in...