US to Deploy More Forces in ME after Muslims Protests!
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The Muslim's World outrage in face of the anti-Islam film produced by the American-"Israeli" alliance forced US to take extra military procedures all over the globe.
US War Secretary announced late Friday that his country is positioning military forces so that it can respond to unrest in as many as 17 or 18 places in the Islamic world.
"We have to be prepared in the event that these demonstrations get out of control," Panetta told Foreign Policy magazine.
He did not offer any specifics. But the magazine said that the Pentagon was discussing, but had not yet decided, whether to send a third platoon of 50 specially trained Marines to protect the U.S. Embassy in Sudan that found itself on Friday under the wrath of protesters.
If approved, this deployment will follow the roughly 100 Marines that already have landed in Libya and Yemen.
At least six protesters died in Egypt, Tunisia and Sudan on Friday in the protests as Washington rushed to deploy US Marines to protect its embassies in Libya and Yemen.
The protests broke out when Muslims emerged from mosques following weekly prayers to voice their anger at a crude film made in the United States that insults the Holy Prophet Mohammed.
On Tuesday, US ambassador Chris Stevens and the three other Americans died in the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Panetta argued it was too early to say what exactly happened in Benghazi and who was to blame for the attacks.
"It's something that's under assessment and under investigation, to determine just exactly what happened here," he said.
In a clear attempt to lessen the spread of protests, the US war secretary cautioned that "there were other extremists ready to pick up al-Qaida torch."
"We always knew that we would have to continue to confront elements of extremism elsewhere as well," he insisted.
"They're going to resort to these kinds of tactics, because in many ways I think they have lost their voice in the Middle East," Panetta added.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
The Muslim's World outrage in face of the anti-Islam film produced by the American-"Israeli" alliance forced US to take extra military procedures all over the globe.
US War Secretary announced late Friday that his country is positioning military forces so that it can respond to unrest in as many as 17 or 18 places in the Islamic world.
"We have to be prepared in the event that these demonstrations get out of control," Panetta told Foreign Policy magazine.
He did not offer any specifics. But the magazine said that the Pentagon was discussing, but had not yet decided, whether to send a third platoon of 50 specially trained Marines to protect the U.S. Embassy in Sudan that found itself on Friday under the wrath of protesters.
If approved, this deployment will follow the roughly 100 Marines that already have landed in Libya and Yemen.
At least six protesters died in Egypt, Tunisia and Sudan on Friday in the protests as Washington rushed to deploy US Marines to protect its embassies in Libya and Yemen.
The protests broke out when Muslims emerged from mosques following weekly prayers to voice their anger at a crude film made in the United States that insults the Holy Prophet Mohammed.
On Tuesday, US ambassador Chris Stevens and the three other Americans died in the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya.Panetta argued it was too early to say what exactly happened in Benghazi and who was to blame for the attacks.
"It's something that's under assessment and under investigation, to determine just exactly what happened here," he said.
In a clear attempt to lessen the spread of protests, the US war secretary cautioned that "there were other extremists ready to pick up al-Qaida torch."
"We always knew that we would have to continue to confront elements of extremism elsewhere as well," he insisted.
"They're going to resort to these kinds of tactics, because in many ways I think they have lost their voice in the Middle East," Panetta added.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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