British marine force heads to Gulf to protect British ships
British Royal Marines are being sent to the Gulf to
protect British warships as Iran and the West come closer to a possible
conflict, following attacks on two oil tankers last week, according to The
Sunday Times.
The paper quoted military sources as saying that 100
marines from 42 Commando, based near Plymouth, would form a rapid reaction
force, Special Purpose Task Group 19.
"They will operate from navy ships patrolling
the region from Britain’s new naval base in Bahrain," according to the
source.
Their deployment comes as British military and
intelligence officials join an international investigation into last week’s
events involving oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, which America and
Britain blamed on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps"
