据《纽约时报》报道称,数百名美国特种作战部队人员已抵达中东(The New York Times has reported that hundreds of US special operations forces have arrived in the Middle East)。
该报周日援引美国军方消息人士报道,这些特种部队队员包括陆军游骑兵和海军海豹突击队,他们将与已部署在该地区的数千名海军陆战队员及陆军伞兵会合(joining thousands of Marines and Army paratroopers already in the region)。
报道还称,这支特种部队尚未被分配具体任务,但消息人士表示,他们可能被部署用来保卫霍尔木兹海峡——该航道目前已被伊朗实际限制通行(but sources said they could be deployed to safeguard the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has effectively restricted)。
消息人士还称,这些特种部队可能参与两项任务:包括夺取伊朗主要石油运输枢纽哈尔克岛,或针对伊斯法罕核设施内的高浓缩铀开展行动(The sources also said the special forces could be deployed in a mission to seize Kharg Island, Iran's main oil shipment hub, or in an operation targeting highly enriched uranium at the Isfahan nuclear site)。
《纽约时报》称,此次部署为美国总统唐纳德·特朗普提供了更多选项,以扩大这场已持续一个月的对伊战争(The New York Times said the deployment gives US President Donald Trump "additional options to expand the monthlong war with Iran."。
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