Some personnel advised to leave U.S. military base in Qatar, diplomats say

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5. Trump 'ready to push the button' on airstrikes in Iran as US personnel evacuate military base

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-iran-airstrikes-tehran-protests-b2900573.html

Donald Trump is said to be “ready to push the button” on military strikes against Iran, after the U.S. and U.K. withdrew personnel from bases in the Middle East.

The U.S. president has been mulling direct action against Iran, amid ongoing and widespread protests in the country calling for an end to the ayatollah’s regime. Trump has warned there would be “hell to pay” if protesters were killed, but has yet to act despite reports of a death toll now topping 2,500.

A Washington source close to the U.S. administration told The Independent that strikes could be carried out within the next 24 hours.
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“The one thing that the president is waiting on is that the Iranian banks are on the point of collapse which means the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps] and others will not get paid once that happens,” they added. “If that happens, then the regime will collapse by itself and the president is waiting on that – but he will not wait long.”
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