UK plans to deploy marines to Persian Gulf: report
Source: Politico-Europe
The move comes amid rising tensions with Iran.
By HELEN COLLIS 6/16/19, 12:50 PM CET Updated 6/16/19, 1:07 PM CET
LONDON The United Kingdom will send elite forces to the Gulf of Oman to protect its warships amid rising tensions with Iran, according to The Sunday Times.
The planned deployment follows Thursday's attacks on two oil tankers, which the U.S. has blamed on Iran. British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Friday said the U.K. would make its own assessment, but believed the U.S. claim that Tehran was behind the incident.
One hundred Royal Marines are expected to be deployed within weeks to join naval ships operating from the U.K.'s new naval base in Bahrain, The Sunday Times reported, citing unnamed military sources.
The Marines will police the strait from helicopters and smaller boats, in a force protection mission that has been planned for several weeks due to rising tensions with Iran, according to the newspaper.
Read more: https://www.politico.eu/article/britain-marines-persian-gulf-iran-tensions-oil-tanker-attacks/
glad2bexpatnow
(4 posts)join in the next lie instigated war?
Bayard
(22,157 posts)Please don't believe anything from the US official channels.
Soph0571
(9,685 posts)But Brexit means they have to suck Trumps balls
zanana1
(6,129 posts)Did we learn nothing from Bush's "weapons of mass destruction" fiasco?
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BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)tankers from the US? The Japanese owners of the ship said they doubt tRump's explanation of Iranian sabotage. Something "smells" in this whole episode. Bolton used to be better at ginning up support for his wars.