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Miramar fighter jets deployed in secret to Mideast
UT San Diego ^ | Oct. 26, 2012 | Gretel C. Kovach

Posted on 10/27/2012 12:19:55 PM PDT by Snuph

Amid mounting concern over Iran’s nuclear program and violence elsewhere in the region, U.S. Central Command quietly dispatched a Marine fighter jet squadron from San Diego to an undisclosed country in the Middle East, U-T San Diego has learned.

The deployment follows threats by the U.S. and Israel of military strikes if needed to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

At the same time, the conflict in Syria is threatening to drag Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan into war, Iraq is beset by renewed violence, and terrorist groups hoping to capitalize on political upheaval in the region covet Syria’s chemical weapons and Libyan arms.

Against this tense geopolitical backdrop, aviation spotters tracked a dozen jets from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, an F/A-18 Hornet squadron based at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, en route in late September through Europe.

The heavily armed jets — capable of firing 2,000-pound laser-guided bombs, cluster munitions, air-to-air missiles and a six-barrel 20 mm gun — are used for a variety of missions, including ground attack, escort, enemy air defense suppression, reconnaissance and close air support of ground forces.

U.S. Central Command and the Marine command in the region declined to say which country the squadron deployed to or to comment in detail on its mission, citing political and security sensitivities of the host nation and its neighbors.

(Excerpt) Read more at utsandiego.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: iran; iraniannukes; vmfa314
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2 big cammand changes in the Middle East and Africa, Great Britain refusing use of their bases and now this. I think the fleas will be leaving the dog soon.
1 posted on 10/27/2012 12:19:59 PM PDT by Snuph
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To: Snuph

Not very secret any more


2 posted on 10/27/2012 12:21:57 PM PDT by al baby (“If Barack Obama has a Harvard law degree, he didn’t earn that. Somebody else made that happen.”)
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To: al baby

Nope


3 posted on 10/27/2012 12:27:29 PM PDT by stanne
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To: Snuph

Maybe this is cornball, but looking at the map, the recent Khartoum bombing, blamed on Israel, looks to me like it would be a difficult mission for them. Note that I said difficult, not impossible. But look hoe easy it would be from an aircraft carrier or Harriers from an Amphibious Assault Ship.


4 posted on 10/27/2012 12:27:33 PM PDT by biggerten (Love you, Mom.)
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To: Snuph

bump


5 posted on 10/27/2012 12:29:06 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Snuph

GO! VMFA 314 Black Knights! DO what we Marines do! Even though y’all aren’t VMFA 232 I am with ya!


6 posted on 10/27/2012 12:29:50 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: al baby

Mideas.. brand new nation,, we just built ,, in secret.. ‘til now :-}


7 posted on 10/27/2012 12:31:18 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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To: Snuph
2 big cammand changes in the Middle East and Africa, Great Britain refusing use of their bases and now this. I think the fleas will be leaving the dog soon.

Obama's going to do something big and loud to divert attention from Benghazi.

If I were an Iranian nuclear worker, I'd be calling in sick for the next few days.

8 posted on 10/27/2012 12:31:32 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: FReepers; Patriots; TheOldLady


LET FREEDOM RING!


We Salute and Thank Our Military.
We Ask God to Bless and Protect Them,
and from this president.

9 posted on 10/27/2012 12:32:33 PM PDT by onyx (FREE REPUBLIC IS HERE TO STAY! DONATE MONTHLY! IF YOU WANT ON SARAH PALIN''S PING LIST, LET ME KNOW)
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To: Snuph

At the same time, the conflict in Syria is threatening to drag Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan into war, Iraq is beset by renewed violence, and terrorist groups hoping to capitalize on political upheaval in the region covet Syria’s chemical weapons and Libyan arms.
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Yeah, Syria’s chemical weapons after Panetta said we lost track of Syria’s chemical weapons.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2012/09/28/us-intel-lost-track-of-syrian-chemical-weapons.html

Yep, we lost track of those Syrian chemical weapons after we lost track of Libyan chemical weapons and after we had dead Americans.

Certainly the British are pissed with us— their weapons were put in the hands of rebels after we failed to secure our consulate after the Benghazi attack.

Who in the world can really trust us now, other than enemies of the West?


10 posted on 10/27/2012 12:33:47 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Irenic

How’s that Reset button working out for ya’ Obama???


11 posted on 10/27/2012 12:36:50 PM PDT by radioone ( Main Stream Media. The Government built that.)
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To: Steely Tom

Obama’s going to bomb a few huts in Libya and claim we got the masterminds behind the Benghazi attack. The successful mission will be announced on Sunday afternoon, November 4. Of course, no one will have any way to check whether we got them or not.

This is all Obama has left to save his presidency.


12 posted on 10/27/2012 12:37:16 PM PDT by BigBobber
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I think you mean who in the world can trust obama... because everyone takes orders from him. They will trust us as soon as Romney is CiC... and our enemies will fear us again.

LLS

13 posted on 10/27/2012 12:42:16 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (OUR GOVERNMENT AND PRESS ARE NO LONGER TRUSTWORTHY OR DESERVING OF RESPECT!)
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To: Snuph
U.S. Central Command and the Marine command in the region declined to say which country the squadron deployed to or to comment in detail on its mission,

Mission = Security for the destroyed US Consulate in Benghazi....................Obamy not be messin' around!

14 posted on 10/27/2012 12:45:43 PM PDT by varon (Get ready for the ride of your lifetime)
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To: Snuph

It is generally believed people will not change an administration in the midst of a war. Obama’s last ditch effort to save his presidency is to get involved in a war with Iran before November 6th.

Possible?? Probable??


15 posted on 10/27/2012 12:46:17 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: BigBobber

“Obama’s going to bomb a few huts in Libya and claim we got the masterminds behind the Benghazi attack. The successful mission will be announced on Sunday afternoon, November 4. Of course, no one will have any way to check whether we got them or not.

This is all Obama has left to save his presidency.”

And I would hope most of the American voters would not fall for such a transparent last minute ditch effort.

Result; Obama defeated, mission proved to be failure, symbolic of his entire administration.

And his legacy is dishonesty, incompetence, failure on all fronts.


16 posted on 10/27/2012 12:48:07 PM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: elpadre
It is generally believed people will not change an administration in the midst of a war.

That would apparently require people who have already decided against Obama to switch back and vote for him. I think that maxim only applies if the war has been going on for a while or the President is named Roosevelt. :)

17 posted on 10/27/2012 12:50:35 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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To: LibLieSlayer

I can’t say I put much faith in Romneys politics. If that is what we are counting on—I think we are flocked. He really isn’t very much better than Obama.

I do however trust God. I am not a church sort but I believe not much happens into a decent mans mind that isn’t gifted by our Creator.

No matter all the crazy things I have read about Mormons, I almost hope half of it is true. Especially the part about Mormons believing a Mormon will save the US.

If that is their belief, I pray Romney is a hard-line Mormon. God put that belief there for a reason, I can believe that.

I will now trust the bible I love and believe—God tells us what happens, the truth.

I pray that Romney is a true believing Mormon and he follows his faith first, if that is so, Romney is our door-stop. A tool of God.

This country is Judeo-Christian and God will not fail us. We need something to slow the avalanche and I believe with all my heart this Mormon is the bridge we must cross and try to understand.

We will be a faithful Judeo-Christian nation again.


18 posted on 10/27/2012 1:11:19 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: Snuph

All over the news in San Diego yesterday. The news would always say “secret mission” - hmmmmmm I think we should be ready for the huts in Libya going down.

Don’t think it’s going to work - it’s too obvious.

Pray for America.


19 posted on 10/27/2012 1:11:44 PM PDT by conservcalgal (Dear Lord, please bless our nation and those who have stepped up to serve our nation with honor.....)
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A little late, our military is woefully underfunded and cut enough to make this a disaster.
20 posted on 10/27/2012 1:14:13 PM PDT by boomop1 (term limits will only save this country.)
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