Trump was quick to blame Iran for the attack.
Ameer Al Mohmmedaw/dpa/picture alliance via Getty ImagesAmid worsening U.S.-Iranian relations, President Donald Trump sent additional troops to the Middle East on Tuesday night, in response to an attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad earlier that day, which he was quick to blame on Iran.that the attack was “straight from Iran’s playbook” and that the country was “fully responsible.”
His administration immediately responded by deploying an additional 750 soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to the Middle East on Tuesday night, with another 3,000 on standby in the next few days.the Associated Press that they will go to Kuwait, although the official destination hasn’t yet been confirmed.
That’s in addition to 100 marines and two Apache attack helicopters that were deployed to reinforce the U.S. embassy earlier on Tuesday in a “14,000 U.S. troops in total have been sent to the Gulf region since May, amid concerns about Iranian aggression,
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