US military heads to Middle East as Trump on verge of Iran strike | World | News
US military assets are headed for the Middle East amid reports that Donald Trump is strongly considering an attack on Iran.
Fox News said that military sources confirmed that at least one U.S. aircraft carrier is being moved toward the Middle East as tensions with Iran continue to build. According to Fox News, U.S. military assets from air, land and sea are expected to flow into the region in the coming days and weeks to provide the president with military options should he decide to carry out strikes against Iran, sources said.
This follows President Trump’s repeated threats to intervene in support of protesters in Iran, where thousands are reported to have been killed in a brutal crackdown on demonstrations against clerical rule. Pro-Iranian regime demonstrators in Kargil displayed coffins with Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu’s faces on them as tensions boil ahead of an expected American strike, and the Iranian state TV has aired a threat to kill Donald Trump as the president reportedly plans strikes on the US.
President Trump previously also urged protesters to continue their demonstations as “help is on the way” amid reports that he was mulling military intervention. But yesterday he also said: “We have been informed by very important sources on the other side, and they said the killing has stopped and the executions won’t take place.”
Tension seemed to be mounting again, however, after the US president told his national security team that he would want “definitive” military action in Iran if he is to strike, NBC News reports.
According to a US official, two people familiar with the discussions, and a person close to the White House, the US president wants to avoid getting into a protracted conflict. One source said: “If he does something, he wants it to be definitive.”
Further reinforcing beliefs Mr Trump may still launch an attack on the regime, on Thursday afternoon (January 15) Senator Lindsey Graham told people to “stay tuned” after he rubbished reports the US President had signalled he didn’t intend to bomb Iran.
