The US has amassed a vast military force in the Middle East as President Donald Trump warned Iran to reach a deal within a “maximum” of 15 days or “bad things will happen”.
The American build-up is enough to sustain a weeks-long air campaign, and its sheer scale and swiftness make an attack appear more likely, according to former Pentagon officials and national security experts.
The Middle East deployments have echoes of the US’s military movements in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and are larger than the recent American build-up in the Caribbean ahead of the capture of strongman president Nicolás Maduro.
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