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President Trump has convened a security meeting with top military officials in the White House, Defense Sec’ty Hegseth orders mil. dependents home from MidEast, nonessential diplo. staff sent home from Iraq
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… 2. The US Embassy in Iraq is prepping for an ordered evacuation due to security threats.

3. The State Department is pulling nonessential staff and families from Bahrain and Kuwait.

4. U.S. military dependents in Bahrain have been cleared for temporary departure.

None of these moves came from Fleet Forces Command, meaning this likely came from the top, possibly the White House. Something serious is unfolding.

We do live in interesting times — though perhaps even more interesting for the other guys.
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Trump gives ominous warning as Pete Hegseth authorizes major military move in the Middle East
[MAIL] President Donald Trump delivered an ominous warning on Wednesday as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized a major military move in the Middle East amid rising tensions in the area.

The Defense Department has announced it has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from bases in the Middle East ahead of continued negotiations with Iranian officials over its rapidly advancing nuclear program

It affects bases in Iraq, Syria, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates - but primarily affects military spouses and their children in Bahrain near the US Navy base, according to Fox News.

US says reducing presence in Iraq
[Rudaw] The United States is reducing its footprint in Iraq and evacuating non-essential staff in line with measures to keep its diplomatic personnel safe, two US officials told Rudaw on Wednesday.

"We are constantly assessing the appropriate personnel posture at all our embassies. Based on our latest analysis, we decided to reduce our Mission in Iraq," the State Department said in an email.

It came after reports that Washington was preparing to partially evacuate its embassy in Iraq due to "heightened security risks in the region," according to Rooters, citing American and Iraqi sources.

The potential evacuation, which sent oil prices rising, is also taking place amid ongoing talks between the US and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
over Tehran’s nuclear program. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
 expressed pessimism over the Islamic republic’s readiness to cease uranium enrichment - a key US demand.

"President Trump is committed to keeping Americans safe, both at home and abroad," the State Department official said.

A Pentagon official later told Rudaw that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth "authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations" across the Middle East, saying the decision came amid rising regional tensions.

In response, an Iraqi government source said that Washington's decision to partially reduce its diplomatic presence is not exclusive to Iraq.

"These steps concern measures related to the American diplomatic presence in a number of Middle Eastern countries and not only Iraq," the source said while praising Iraq’s security and stability, as reported by state media.

On Wednesday, Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh threatened attacks on American bases in the region if the ongoing nuclear talks faltered and Iran was subjected to military strikes.

"If conflict is imposed on us, the opponent’s casualties will certainly be higher, and in that case, America must leave the region, because all its bases are within our reach," Nasirzadeh said. "We have access to them, and we will target all of them in the host countries without hesitation."

Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if the two sides fail to reach a deal.

Also on Wednesday, Iraqi army chief of staff General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah met Major General Kevin Leahy, commander of the US-led global coalition against the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
 (ISIS), to discuss expanding joint military cooperation against terrorism in the region, according to an Iraqi defense ministry statement.
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