First Wave Of 750 US Paratroopers Leaves For The Middle East

The first contingent of a paratroop infantry battalion from the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne Division bound for Kuwait receive a briefing as they prepare to leave Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Wednesday

Daily Mail: First wave of 750 US paratroopers leaves for the Middle East in response to attack on the US embassy in Baghdad with thousands more set to deploy after Trump promised Iran will pay a 'big price'

* First wave of soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division deployed from Fort Bragg to Kuwait on New Year's Day
* Paratroopers with the infantry battalion from the Immediate Response Force will bolster US presence
* Comes in response to violent assault on the US embassy in Baghdad by mob of 6,000 pro-Iran militiamen
* Attack was repelled by rapid reaction force of 100 Marines and the militiamen withdrew from the area
* Deployment comes as US relations with Iran rapidly fray in a tit-for-tat escalation of violence

The first wave of hundreds of U.S. Army paratroopers from a rapid reaction force has deployed to Kuwait in response to the assault on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad by pro-Iran militiamen, with thousands more soldiers on alert for snap deployment.

On Wednesday at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, paratroopers from the 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division boarded C-17 Globemaster aircraft transports bound for Kuwait.

The official account for the 82nd Airborne, America's Division tweeted on Wednesday: 'Early this morning more than 650 All American Paratroopers and equipment began their deployment to the @CENTCOM (U.S. Central Command) area of operations.

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WNU Editor: Here is an easy prediction. These troops are going to be there for a while.

More News On The First Wave Of 750 US Paratroopers Leaving For The Middle East

U.S. bolstering Mideast military presence after protests at embassy in Baghdad -- CBS
US sends more troops to Middle East after siege of Baghdad embassy (Video) -- Today
U.S. Ready to Send More Force to Iraq Against Militia Threat -- Bloomberg
More US troops prepare to deploy to Iraq as top general warns anyone who attacks embassy will 'run into a buzz saw' -- Task & Purpose

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