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Gulf Daily News February 1, 2010 US missiles for Bahrain? -General Petraeus revealed on January 22 the US was keeping a number of Aegis cruisers - equipped with advanced radar and anti-missile systems - on patrol in the Arabian Gulf. US anti-missile systems may be installed in Bahrain to protect the country against possible retaliatory attacks from Iran, according to reports. Qatar, the UAE and Kuwait are also in line to receive Patriot defensive missile batteries, while Saudi Arabia already possesses such equipment, according to the New York Times. Specialised ships are also being positioned off the Iranian coast in the event of any retaliation to sanctions over the country's controversial nuclear programme, the newspaper said. .... It is understood Oman has also been approached with an offer of missile defence equipment, but no missiles have yet been deployed there. US Army Central Command commander General David Petraeus had earlier confirmed a total of eight Patriot missile batteries, "two in each of four countries", were being deployed. However, which countries exactly had remained unconfirmed and classified. General Petraeus revealed on January 22 the US was keeping a number of Aegis cruisers - equipped with advanced radar and anti-missile systems - on patrol in the Arabian Gulf. .... News of increased missile defence systems in the Gulf follows months of tense negotiations between the US and Iran. The US is seeking to win broad international consensus for sanctions against an alleged covert nuclear arms programme in Iran. US President Barack Obama warned Iran in his State of the Union address there would be "consequences" if it continued to defy UN demands to stop manufacturing nuclear fuel. =========================== Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato Blog site: http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ To subscribe, send an e-mail to: rwroz...@yahoo.com or stopnato-subscr...@yahoogroups.com Daily digest option available. ============================== --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: arch...@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bNM5nn.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: antinato-unsubscr...@topica.com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
