A new report has indicated that the Pentagon is expected to deploy 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, a move that would deepen the American military buildup in the region as fighting tied to the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continues.
Two anonymous people familiar with the matter told Reuters that the troops would come from the elite division based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, though they did not specify where the soldiers would be sent or when they would arrive. The expected deployment would follow another major reinforcement reported by Reuters last week, when the United States moved thousands of additional Marines and sailors toward the Middle East.
