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Pentagon May Keep Paratroopers in Mideast to Counter Iran
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The novel coronavirus may be spreading around the world, but an extended deployment suggests escalation with Iran’s Iraqi militias remains possible in a pandemic.
Spencer Ackerman
Contributing Editor
Published
Mar. 30 2020
3:13PM EDT
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