Wall Street Journal: U.S. Deploys Missile Defenses to Middle East Following Recent Attacks
WASHINGTON—The U.S. has deployed an antiballistic missile defense system and several Patriot missile battalions to the Middle East, the Pentagon said, days after U.S. bases and a U.S. warship came under drone attack.
The attacks on a base in Syria and at least three in Iraq, plus the interception of missiles and drones by a U.S. missile-guided destroyer in the Red Sea over the past week raised fears that the fighting between Israel and Gaza-based Hamas militants could expand into a regional conflict.
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WNU Editor: I agree with those who are saying that Israel has delayed its Gaza offensive because of US pressure that it needs to first deploy missile defense systems at its bases in the Middle East.
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