US Central Command Launched Warplanes Toward Iran After Receiving Reports That The Country Was Preparing To Attack Saudi Arabia

A US Air Force F-22 Raptor based out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, prepares to connect with a KC-135 Stratotanker during an aerial refueling mission above an undisclosed location in the Gulf, in this undated handout picture released by US Air Force on August 1, 2019. (photo credit: CHRIS DRZAZGOWSKI/US AIRFORCE/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)  

Jerusalem Post: US launched warplanes after Iran threatened Saudi Arabia - report 

The scrambling of the jets comes after Riyadh warned the US that Iran was planning an attack against both Saudi Arabia and Iraq. 

The US Central Command recently launched warplanes toward Iran from their base in the Persian Gulf after receiving reports that the country was preparing to attack Saudi Arabia, the Washington Post reported over the weekend. 

The scrambling of the jets comes after Riyadh warned the US that Iran was planning an attack against both Saudi Arabia and Iraq, as reported by the Wall Street Journal on November 1.  

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Update: US jets in 'show of force' to Iran – WaPo (RT)  

WNU Editor: As I said in the previous post. The last thing the world needs right now is a major war in the Middle East. The impact on energy prices will be catastrophic.