Reuters: The United States has deployed more than 50,000 troops across the Middle East so far, with numbers continuing to rise. Thousands of Marines are being rapidly transported from San Diego directly to the region.

 

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IRAN’s proxy in IRAQ   attacked US Harir military base in  Erbil Kurdistan region of IRAQ  

 #Reuters: The United States has deployed more than 50,000 troops across the Middle East so far, with numbers continuing to rise. Thousands of Marines are being rapidly transported from San Diego directly to the region.

 

Observers: Anyone who believes that President Trump sent this entire fleet—the fleets and the Marines and everything—just to accept a truce with Iran is completely deluded.

There is no doubt that a large-scale field intervention is coming.

 U.S. Embassy Baghdad

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 April 9, 2026 

Deputy Secretary Landau’s Meeting with Iraqi Ambassador Khirullah 

The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott: 

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau today summoned Iraqi Ambassador Nizar Khirullah to express the U.S. government’s strong condemnation of the egregious terrorist attacks by Iran-aligned militia groups launched from Iraqi territory against U.S. diplomatic personnel and facilities, including the April 8 ambush of U.S. diplomats in Baghdad.