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US bases encircle Iran -- Dozens of US and allied forces' military installations dot the region, from Oman, UAE and Kuwait to Turkey and Israel -- According to new CENTCOM figures given to Al Jazeera on April 30, there are about 125,000 US troops in close proximity to Iran: 90,000 soldiers in/around Afghanistan on Operation Enduring Freedom; some 20,000 soldiers deployed ashore elsewhere in the Near East region; and a variable 15-20,000 afloat on naval vessels. US forces from the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines are boldly positioned in Oman and the UAE to the south of Iran, Turkey and Israel to the west, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan to the north, and Afghanistan and Pakistan in the east. "Aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) is operating in the Arabian Sea, conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom," Lt Rebecca Rebarich, US Fifth Fleet spokeswoman, told Al Jazeera. "Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) is conducting maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf."
For an interactive, clickable map, and to read analysis, according to independent news outfit Al Jazeera, go here: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/04/2012417131242767298.html
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America’s provocative deployment of advanced F-22 higher jets to the United Arab Emirates endangers the region, Iran said on Tuesday.
Just as tensions between Iran on the one side and the UAE and its Sunni allies in the Gulf on the other peaked last week, the U.S. decided to station a squadron of F-22s, the most advanced warplane in the world, at Al-Dhafra airbase in the UAE, joining the spy planes and aerial tankers of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing already based there.
Iran’s condemnation of the provocative militarism followed comments on Monday by the defence minister, Ahmad Vahid, who said, “Such deployments in the region are both harmful and useless. They are mostly done to create a psychological trend and a sense of insecurity in the region.”
And he’s just about right on that. As BBC reporter Jonathan Beale explained onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, “This carrier and these [fighter] jets are more than just a show of force, they’re here to send a clear message to Iran as to who really controls these waters.”
source: http://news.antiwar.com/2012/05/01/iran-criticizes-us-deployment-of...
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