US intel: Iranian strike at major Saudi oil target imminent. Another 1,000 US troops for region
DEBKAfile Exclusive: US intelligence learns from a highly credible source that Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have completed preparations for a large-scale assault on an important Saudi oil facility within days. On Monday, June 17, the aides of senior US congress members were summoned to the White House for a briefing on this intelligence and informed that this time the administration is gearing up for a military response. US-Iranian tensions in the region shot up again after abating for a few days, amid spreading talk of a White House decision to resort to US military action against Iran.
Pentagon sources report that CENTCOM, in line with its responsibility for guaranteeing security and free navigation in Gulf waters, applied for an extra 6,000 US troops for the region, along with more destroyers, submarines and Patriot air defense batteries. US President Trump pared this figure down to 1,000 US troops, in addition to the 1,500 he released last month. Early Tuesday, June 18, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said in a statement: “In response to a request from the US Central Command for additional forces, and with the advice of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and in consultation with the White House, I have authorized approximately 1,000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats in the Middle East.
It appears that the data reaching US intelligence has not named which Saudi oil facility is in Iran’s sights for the impending attack, but stressed that it will be a lot more damaging than the previous sabotage operations on six oil tankers. Saudi Arabia has placed all its oil installations, terminals, ports and oil fields on maximum alert.
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Apparently the Iranians didn’t learn all that much from the Iran Iraq Tanker War 1984 -1988. Sure they supposedly hit over 160 ships (Iraq hit 60) but after the US got involved it eventually went sideways for the Iranians ending up with the Iranians signing a Cease Fire Agreement which bought about the end of the entire 8 year Iran Iraq War 1980 – 1988 . This time the Iranians have far more Missile Systems but then again the US has Stealth Fighters and Stealth Bombers and far more Missiles and Ships etc etc.
Iran didn’t have a ballistic missile program, subs or weapons industry then, did they?
they also didn’t have photoshop.
The mullahs do not care. They believe it is their religious duty to bring about the conditions under which the Mahdi is to appear. Therefore, they will push and push until something happens to create those conditions. Deterrence is lost on such religious fanatics. A lot of people are going to die to prove that they are wrong.
israil sürekli ortadoğu ülkelerine saldırıyor abdye de sürekli savaş için bastırıyor
In proper English, it says what???
israil sürekli savaş yapmayı isteyerek zannediyor mehdi gelecek ve yahudileri cennet getürecek bu kadar saçma sapan inanış olamaz lanet olsun yahudi kavminin tümüne
Jew basher
anana söyle sürekli ruj değiştirmesin. sikim gökküşağına döndü.
aslında yahudi hristiyan diye bir dini kavram kesinlikle yok bu putperest masonların çıkardığı dindir
Jewish Christian bashing
yere girsin siyonist yahudiler lanet olsun evanjelist ortodoks hristiyanlara
You took the words right out of my mouth.
yahudiler ve hristiyanlar hakettikleri cezayı ahirette bulacaklardır inşallah amin
olmaz olsun yahudiler hristiyanlar lanet olsun yahudi kavimlerine
Turkish individuals in this site. Write your comments in English or get out
More Jewish Christian bashing
sende sike sürülecek akıl yok
körfezdeki patlatmayı centcom ve mossad isitihbaratı ortak yaptılar
Exactly and absolutely right !.
Arn.Sweden.
israil ortadoğuda tek nükleer güç olarak bütün ortadoğu ülkelerini tehdit ediyor israilin 500 nükleer silahı var üstelik israilin nükleer tesisleri uaek tarafından denetlenmiyor
I agree it is their religious purpose to bring destruction to War in order for their
Messiah to come and rule the world according to Hadith and Koran
They Must have War
or not. remove the mullahcracy and iran goes back to being a normal country.
If true , you know what will happen.
The EUrabia is trying to pretend that the situation is not bad for them.
They don’t trust the intelligence supplied by the U.S.
Eurabia have nothing to say. We gonna do it with the sunnis.
Just another fine day in the Middle East…………………….fast approaching on the horizon!
And I’ve got a woody….
Fake intelligence.
now, why would the mullahs be spreading that kind of disinformation? do you think they’re looking to get splatted? because this won’t end well for them.
A warning shot of 10 to maximum 20 atomic bombs nicely distributed over the most important industrial Iranian sites would send the clear message of “please behave” most of the mullahs will understand.
I agree.
Atomic force will bring Russia into a much larger world war
you are joking you!!!! KNOW IT IT THERE IS NUCLEAR WAR RUSSIA WILL BE DEFEATED AND DESTROYED. RUSSIA WILL BE REDUCED TO SLAVERY AND THEIR COUNTRY WILL BE OCCUPIED .!!!!!! RUSSIA HAS NO LUCK TO BEAT US IN NO WAYS
The Russians are more prepared for a Nuclear war then the rest of us except for maybe Iran, however no one will really survive. The country that is in worse shape is Israel and they are the ones the most likely to start it.
The Iranians are just as vulnerable to being attacked in the same way that they are planning. Their Persian Gulf oil installations can all be easily destroyed as well. This would really cripple Iran in many different ways.
Absolutely they are!
We don’t want to effect a regional war or long term Iranian damage would too much negatively affect the globe
‘….but stressed that it will be a lot more damaging than the previous sabotage operations on six oil tankers.’ How do you know the magnitude it hasn’t happened yet. Fake intelligence
In proper English, it says what???
this is the translation of what Erdogan says from Turkey
Israel is constantly attacking the Middle East countries abdye is constantly pushing for war
Whahabbi system getting o dose of its own medicine. Let them finish each other. The world will be a better place.
Beware ayatollahs: your seldom washed skirts will turn nice brown, once the U.S. armed forces will open up on your strategic targets…
Israel wants war. Israel wants all of Iran for the new belt new road initiative. Israel wants lebensraum. It doesn’t matter what Iran does or does not do — even if they begged for peace and agreed to lick the kosher toes of the Sanhedrin … Iran is dead and annexed. Period.
Hitler on line again- not worthy of a response. Put on ignore.
Watch…If President Trump returns fire after an Iranian terror strike on the Saudi oil facility then the “America 2nd Democrats” will come running to attack President Trump and give cover to the Iranian scumbags.
Iran made the following calculation:
1. A war gets a US president re-elected;
2. If Iran waits until November of next year and Trump does get re-elected then he (Trump) will completely decimate Iran with or without any provocation from Iran.
The fact that Iran is starting a war now is a confirmation that that Trump has a very good chance to be re-elected.
Saudi Arabia should stop whining through their Zionist proxies, and end their stupid and pointless war against the people of Yemen.
The USA needs to be very careful, Iran probably has sleeper cells inside America waiting to strike if attacked. The president needs to prepare the American people for that.
Yes, the American people will soon learn that you can’t drop 44,000 bombs (2018 data) and not expect to get some hits on your own territory.
And the Yanks are still whining about 9/11 and the measly 3500 deaths. How many has the US killed and injured since then?
Not enough
the americans just need to ask mossad where the attack will be they will be doing it same as the tankers
Thank you, Anonymous, for that bit of faux news.
Now, walk over to your living room window, look outside and tell us just one more thing………………is it a nice day in Tehran today?