The new troops are ordered to serve as a response to threats throughout the region in the wake of Soleimani's death.
The U.S. military will send about 3,500 additional soldiers to the Middle East following the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani less than a day earlier, NBC News reported Friday, citing three U.S. defense officials and one U.S. military official.They are ordered to serve as a response to threats throughout the region in the wake of Soleimani's death.
The U.S. military will send about 3,500 additional soldiers to the Middle East following the killing of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani less than a day earlier, NBC News reported Friday, citing three U.S. defense officials and one U.S. military official. The new troops are being deployed to Iraq, Kuwait and other parts of the region, NBC reported. They are ordered to serve as a response to threats throughout the region, according to NBC.
But the defense officials maintain that the additional soldiers is not a direct response to Soleimani's death, which has enraged Iran's leadership and spurred incendiary threats of vengeance from the oil-rich Middle Eastern nation.
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