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US deploying up to 3,500 troops to Middle East after Soleimani killing
7 years agoNEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 03: John Miller, Deputy Commissioner of Intelligence and Counterterrorism for the NYPD speaks to the media next to New York Mayor Bill de Blasio during a press conference at City Hall on January 3, 2020 in New York City. The NYPD will take actions to protect the city and residents against any possible retaliation after the deadly US airstrike in Iraq, Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a press conference on Friday. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP
The US is deploying up to 3,500 more troops to the Middle East in a show of force, a Pentagon official said Friday, after an American drone killed a top Iranian general.