Pentagon Moves Benghazi Unit Closer To Libya, Not For Syria -- Kevin Baron, The E-Ring/Foreign Policy
With security deteriorating in Tripoli, Libya, the U.S. has shifted several dozen U.S. Marines and assault aircraft of the rapid response force that just arrived in Spain eastward to Sigonella, Italy.
The Pentagon's spokesman called the move a precautionary measure but would not say it was directly tied to Tripoli, which foreign diplomats and oil companies recently have begun evacuating. On Monday a car bomb reportedly exploded outside a hospital in Benghazi, killing 10 people.
The shift to Naval Station Signoella marks the first assignment for the response force -- a group of 550 Marines and six MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, which only arrived at Moron Air Base two weeks ago. A defense official told the E-Ring that the number of personnel moved from Moron totaled "less than 100."
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My Comment: We should not be surprised by this deployment. The security situation is slowly deteriorating in Libya, and U.S. intelligence intelligence is probably predicting a worsening situation.
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