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November 6, the Pentagon confirmed that the U.S. military the 10th Mountain Division division headquarters will be relocated to Iraq next spring. Since the 10th Mountain Division in recent years the United States has been a pioneer in using military forces overseas, and there is the division headquarters stationed in Iraq this rare move, all sectors of speculation: the United States against Iran in the final preparations for the use of force. Pentagon hastened to deny: the 10th Mountain Division division headquarters to the Gulf not to fight Iran.

According to the Pentagon's announced plan to deploy combat units, the 10th Mountain Division division headquarters 1,000 officers and men will be 2008 spring deployment to Iraq, in the U.S. military operations in Iraq to provide "command and control, intelligence, surveillance, detection" support. The 10th Mountain Division division headquarters spokesman confirmed this matter Arbil. The spokesman also said: "the 10th Mountain Division No. 2 brigade in Iraq a few days ago, has just completed a round of warfare tasks, hundreds of officers and soldiers are home during the war, all the parties for them to prepare for a smooth return."

The 10th Mountain Division division headquarters deployed to Iraq the news is of concern because the meantime, the U.S. Navy's "Truman" aircraft carrier battle groups, "Tarawa" helicopter carrier assault group also departed for the Gulf waters. Along with the two water battle group arrived, the 2008 spring, the United States Navy in the Gulf region will reach combat effectiveness of the strongest trend. Accordingly, since the Iraq war ended, the Army or Marine Corps troops to Iraq for the trip is mostly flat, not the entire division headquarters to the situation in Novell 050-863-(556) 050-680 050-892 Iraq. Therefore, the 10th Mountain Division division headquarters relocated to Iraq mean that any major fighting occurred intriguing.

More concern is that the 10th Mountain Division from the 1990s onwards, it is seen as the benchmark U.S. forces overseas, participated in the first Gulf War, the "Desert Shield" and "Desert Storm" operation, then it went to war in Afghanistan , Then, the war in Iraq, and in special warfare operations have excellent performance. Therefore, many international military observers held that the 10th Mountain Division division headquarters to deploy to Iraq next spring can be seen as preparations to use force against Iran. Once started to use military force, the 10th Mountain Division will serve as a "decapitation" shock troops of Iran implementation of the core positions or personalities lightning attack.

Also, it is provided by the U.S. military order of battle situation, the 10th Mountain Division is the only U.S. Mountain Division, attached to the 18th Airborne Army, stationed at Fort Drum in New York state. This is a subject for a light infantry, air assault force include the synthesis of various arms forces. The division all equipment can be formed by air rapid deployment, the implementation of contingency operational tasks rapid reaction force, what is required is: in the low-intensity conflicts in the defeat enemy light infantry unit, with reliable power at the global level quickly in combat, in order to stabilize the situation in order to further combat operations or seizing bases, troops have been deployed to provide reinforcement.

The 10th Mountain Division prepared over 10,000 people, presides over nine light infantry battalions, an engineering battalion, an air defense artillery battalion, a military intelligence battalion, a communications battalion, three 105 mm traction gun-howitzer battalion and a 155 mm traction even howitzer company, a combat aviation battalion and an attack helicopter battalion, are extremely mobile capability. Division Aviation Brigade combat helicopter battalion equipped 30 UH a 60 helicopters, one air mobility two infantry companies, air mobility rate Novell 050-863-(556) 050-680 050-892 per hour up to 200 km.

For the 10th Mountain Division division headquarters deployed to Iraq intent speculation, the Pentagon's response said: "This is a normal deployment, and other situations unrelated to the region, Iran can not guess to prepare for a fight."