Pentagon Builds Deterrent Force Against Possible Iranian Attack<

BATTLE FOR WORLD / NEWS TRUST | May 11, 2019: The article highlights that Iran could target U.S. commercial ships including oil tankers, the U.S. Maritime Administration said on Friday (May 10) [in what appears to be a provocation by the US necons], and a senior Iranian cleric said a U.S. Navy fleet could be "destroyed with one missile." (BattleForWorld: The U.S. necons commanding Trump is pushing for an attack on Iran, which can only be in the interest of Israel.)

In the latest war fervor and tense exchange of words between Tehran and Washington, Iran's hardline Revolutionary Guards has said that Iran would not negotiate with the United States, a stance the U.S. said seemed partly aimed at discouraging Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his moderate allies from taking up a U.S. offer of talks.

The U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 9) urged Iran's leaders to talk with him about giving up their nuclear program [ultimatum] and said he could not rule out the use of military confrontation.

The U.S.'s kind offer at the barrel of a gun, presented by Trump in an offer as he increased economic and military pressure on Iran, moving to cut off all Iranian oil exports this month while beefing up the U.S. Navy and Air Force presence in the Gulf area. The acting U.S. Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan gave approval to new deployment of Patriot missiles to the Middle East, a U.S. official told Reuters news service on Friday.

The U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln deployed to the Middle East as a warning to Iran, passed through Egypt's Suez Canal on Thursday and American B-52 bombers have also arrived at a U.S. base in Qatar, said the U.S. Central Command.

Iran has dismissed both moves of U.S. military pressure - which the United States said it took after U.S. intelligence signaled possible preparations by Tehran to attack U.S. forces or interests - and the U.S. sees Iran moves as "psychological warfare" designed to intimidate it.

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