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Baclava

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10. "Arriving at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar"

Reply to Klaralven (Reply #2)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 01:22 PM

Nov 2020

and an aircraft carrier strike group

"The USS Abraham Lincoln has filed with Egypt for permission to go through the Suez Canal and is expected to transit in the next 48-72 hours, the aircraft carrier was scheduled to go to the Gulf anyway but is now going one to two weeks early."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-b52s-deploying-middle-east-iran-threat-today-2019-05-07/

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B-52s to the ME [View all] WhiteTara Nov 2020 OP

Trump would nuke Iran on his way out the door C_U_L8R Nov 2020 #1

Nothing said about where in the Middle East they land Klaralven Nov 2020 #2

"Arriving at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar" Baclava Nov 2020 #10

Thanks re Al Udeid Air Base Klaralven Nov 2020 #11

Thought you were referring North Shore Chicago Nov 2020 #3

the 'shadow president' llashram Nov 2020 #4

my fear. WhiteTara Nov 2020 #5

Saber-rattling. sir pball Nov 2020 #6

thanks! WhiteTara Nov 2020 #7

The S300 is vulnerable, as Israel has shown. jrandom421 Nov 2020 #8

We'd just use multirole jets for the attack. sir pball Nov 2020 #9