mo4ch:>US deploys B-52 bombers to Qatar amid Iran threat hiatus | Mo4ch News

The US Air Force released images of B-52 Stratofortress bombers landing in Qatar, AP reports. The deployment is part of a larger US military build-up in the region touted as a countermeasure to an unspecified threat from Iran.The strategic bombers arrived at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Thursday night, the Air Force said as cited by the news agency. They were provided by the 20th Bomb Squadron of Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana. Other B-52s were moved to an unspecified location in “southwest Asia,” the statement said.Earlier, the US Air Force released a video showing the bombers taking off from Barksdale for the CENTCOM area of responsibility.The deployments come as the US threatens Iran with retaliation for a claimed plan to attack “American interests.” The White House earlier trumpeted the move of the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group towards the Persian Gulf, which was touted as a strong warning to Iran. Washington is reportedly acting on a vague tip from Isr…