New aircraft carrier, 10,000 US troops: Is the Iran war about to escalate?
By the end of November, three US aircraft carriers and two amphibious landing groups will be positioned near Iran.
President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday that the war with Iran would be swiftly concluded, as more troops were dispatched to the Middle East. The Saudi-led coalition claimed that Iranian-backed Houthi rebels attacked an electricity distribution station in Medina, Saudi Arabia, a city housing Islam's second holiest site, the Prophet's Mosque.
The Houthis denied involvement in the alleged strike. Meanwhile, Trump suggested Iran might be responsible for the attempted hijacking of a FlyDubai plane bound for Israel, stating that they would be "hit, very hard" if found to be involved. The USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and the USS Makin Island Amphibious Group are en route to the region, as are the USS George H.W. Bush and USS George Washington, bringing the total U.S. forces to approximately 20,000.
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