US Military, Government, blatantly lie about Iran escalation/troop movements [View all]

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Crossposting, because.

http://news.yahoo.com/u-military-moves-carriers-denies-iran-023925806.html

ReutersBy Phil Stewart | Reuters – Wed, Jan 11, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Wednesday that a new aircraft carrier strike group had arrived in the Arabian Sea and that another was on its way to the region, but denied any link to recent tensions with Iran and portrayed the movements as routine.

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-us-persian-gulf-20120113,0,5991473.story

By David S. Cloud, Los Angeles Times

January 12, 2012, 6:07 p.m.

Marine Corps Gen. James N. Mattis, who heads U.S. Central Command, won White House approval late last year for the deployments of additional troops and warships to the Persian Gulf to deal with Iran and other potential threats.