US Deploys B-52 Bombers to the Middle East After Announcing Further Troop Withdrawals

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On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced troops cuts in Afghanistan and Iraq by January 15 as a result of Trump’s peace deal with Taliban earlier this year and his 2016 presidential campaign pledge to end any ongoing global warfighting by US troops.

The US Central Command deployed B-52 bombers to the Middle East, strengthening the US Air Force strategic presence in the region as a means to “deter aggression and reassure US partners and allies”, the US military wrote in a statement on Saturday.

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