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About 2,500 Marines aboard as many as three warships are heading to the Middle East from the Indo-Pacific region,
as Iran increases its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, two U.S. officials said.
The shift comes as Iran’s response to nearly two weeks of aerial bombardment and long-range artillery strikes has proved more resilient than Trump administration officials anticipated.
The Marines will join more than 50,000 American troops in the region.
The new deployment come…

More Marines and Warships Being Sent to Middle East, U.S. Officials Say
Iran’s response to days of aerial bombardment and long-range artillery strikes has proved more resilient than Trump administration officials anticipated.

U.S. sending USS Tripoli, thousands of Marines to Middle East (Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/03/13/marines-middle-east-us-deployment
http://www.memeorandum.com/260313/p70#a260313p70

The ACLU of New Hampshire recently revealed via a Right-to-Know request that NH Gov't was notified of ICE's intent to convert a warehouse in the town of Merrimack into a detention facility. I OCR-ed the document they received and converted it into a searchable blog post:
https://medium.com/@cooljeanius/aclu-nhs-rtk-request-re-proposed-ice-facility-in-merrimack-nh-ff5451ab2d21

Warnings of Iran Invasion Grow as US to Send Up to 5,000 Marines, Sailors to Middle East | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/5000-marines-warships-iran

POL-HI: Verkehrsunfall auf der B240 zwischen Eime und Marienhagen - drei Personen schwer verletzt, fünf Personen leicht verletzt Hildesheim (ots) - ELZE - (sud) Auf der Bundesstraße 240 zwischen Eime und Marienhagen kam es heute Morgen (14.02.2026), gegen 11:00 Uhr, zu einem Verkehrsunfall zwischen einem Pkw und einem Kleinbus. Die acht Insassen des Kleinbusses wurden dabei ...

More Marines and Warships Being Sent to Middle East, U.S. Officials Say (Eric Schmitt/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/world/middleeast/us-marines-warships-middle-east.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260314/p1#a260314p1

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Marines, this ain’t a park in Los Angeles you’re trying to invade this time.
Iran is over half a million square miles (1.6 million square kilometers) and over 92 million Iranians, with mountains and terrain so fierce even the Romans avoided invading it, but 2,500 USMC soldiers (with planning by kegsbreath and the geriatric bone spur) are gonna move the needle. Right.
Building a graveyard isn’t good for anyone.

Blast near pro-government demonstration in Iran after Israeli warning
A large explosion rocked an area of Iran’s capital where thousands were gathered for an annual state-organized rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israel’s demise. Israel had warned earlier Friday that it would operate in the area in central Tehran. There were no immediate reports of casualties. But the decision to proceed with the mass demonstrations, and Israel’s threat to target the area, underscored the fierce determination on both sides nearly two weeks into a war that has…

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Interessanter Gedanke!

Judge Ends Deportation Case for Mexican Father of 3 U.S. Marines (Miriam Jordan/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/us/deportation-case-us-mexico-marines-barranco.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LlA.1YQp.FAXWl02Wk7MA&smid=bs-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260212/p109#a260212p109