US sends assault ship, missiles to Mideast amid Iran 'threat'

The USS Arlington - which transports marines, amphibious vehicles - and the Patriot air defense system will join the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a B-52 bomber task force headed toward the Gulf after intelligence reports suggested Iran was planning some sort of attack in the region.

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