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The US to Deploy F-16 Fighters to Gulf to Protect Ships From Iranian Seizure Attempts
2023-07-16
[KhaamaPress] The United States is increasing its use of fighter jets in the critical Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizure.

Washington is becoming more concerned about the strengthening relations between Iran, Russia and Syria throughout the Middle East, the US media outlets said.

The US will send F-16 fighter jets to the Gulf this weekend to support the A-10 attack aircraft that have been patrolling for over a week; the official told news hounds at the Pentagon.

The decision comes after 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...
tried to seize two oil tankers last week as it attempted to fire at one of them near the Strait.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again...
The US military’s most recent statement comes just a few weeks after it sent a fleet of F-22 Raptors to the Middle East due to Russia’s risky and improper behaviour over Syria.

"A-10s have been flying over the Strait of Hormuz and the broader [Gulf] areas for about a week and a half now. Moreover, we are starting to fly f-16s this weekend, as well, to further robust that presence," the official, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, told news hounds.

The increased air presence will provide the US "really good visibility" over the ships in the area, their cargo, and their owners. Moreover, the official added that it enables us to evaluate whether vessels might be in danger.

The official declined to provide more details but insisted that the US would not cede any land and keep carrying out anti-ISIS Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in the country’s western region.
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