The United States is reportedly expecting a “mass casualty response” if Israel bombs Iran’s nuclear facilities.
On Wednesday, the State Department ordered the departure of all nonessential personnel from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq.
Further, it authorized nonessential personnel and family members to leave the Persian Gulf nations of Bahrain and Kuwait, which are also in the immediate vicinity of Iran.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations” across the Persian Gulf region, U.S. Central Command said in a statement, according to the Associated Press. The command “is monitoring the developing tension in the Middle East.”
President Donald Trump was asked by a reporter Thursday if a strike by Israel against Iran is imminent.
“I don’t want
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