U.S. Sends Attack Submarine to Middle East as Tensions Rise Between Iran and Israel

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51% : The United States Navy said on Saturday that it had deployed a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, a day after the U.S. 5th Fleet and its partners released a warning advising all ships to proceed with caution following escalating tensions between Iran and Israel, according to a U.S. Navy spokesman.
49% : U.S. officials said the deployment of the submarine, the U.S.S. Florida, was meant to deter Iran and maintain the stability of one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, in which millions of dollars in commercial goods, oil and gas are transported every day.
42% : "Recent events, including the strikes in Syria and public threats made by Iran against merchant vessels, prompted us to remind regional mariners to remain vigilant," said Cmdr.
42% :Iran and Israel have been engaged in a yearslong shadow war that has extended to land, air, cyber and sea.
39% : In a statement on Saturday, the ministry called Iran "the greatest destabilizing force in the region.""As Israel faces a range of attacks on all fronts," the statement added, "our defense establishment is prepared and we will not tolerate any threat to our citizens and troops."
39% : The spokesman of Iran's Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanaani, said on Sunday that Iran reserves the right to respond to the killing of its troops by Israel "at the right time and the right place."
38% : The rocket attacks targeting Israel are typically from militia forces that are part of a so-called "axis of resistance" that is supported, armed and funded by Iran to sustain a unified regional fight against Israel.
36% : An Iranian political strategist close to the Guards said Iran was considering attacks on Israeli-owned ships in the region as one means of retaliating against Israeli airstrikes in Syria that killed two members of the Guards in March.
36% : By Thursday the U.S. 5th Fleet had warned Israel's defense establishment about an imminent threat from Iran against Israeli ships and said that the Guards were in a position to strike, according to two Western intelligence officials.
34% : Iran declared the two men martyrs and held a public funeral procession for them and senior military commanders vowed to take revenge against Israel.

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