SAHARANEWS – In the images released by the U.S. Department of Defense, 82nd Airborne paratroopers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, board a civilian aircraft, Saturday, January 4, bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations in the Middle East.
This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities.
Thousands more U.S. troops were ordered to the Middle East, Friday, January 3, after the U.S. assassinated Iran’s military mastermind, Qassem Soleimani, and Tehran promised “severe revenge.”