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Trump disputes report of plan to send 120,000 troops to Middle East
By Courtney Kube & Adam Edelman
U.S. Orders Partial Evacuation of Embassy in Baghdad (Published 2019)
By Edward Wong
Analysis | A conflict with Iran would not be like the Iraq War. It would be worse.
By Adam Taylor & Siobhán O’Grady
Is John Bolton the most dangerous man in the world?
By Ben Armbruster
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Military plans to counter Iran include possible 120,000 troop deployment, cyber attack 'Nitro Zeus'
By Todd South
U.S. Embassy Staff to Leave Iraq as Iran Tensions Mount
By Siobhan Hughes & Courtney McBride
Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative, British General Says No Evidence of 'Increased Threat' From Iran
By Jake Johnson
Timeline of how Trump administration got into a showdown with Iran
By John Haltiwanger
John Bolton is Donald Trump's war whisperer
By Peter Bergen
Trump's potential war with Iran is all John Bolton's doing. But it might also be his undoing.
By Trita Parsi
Trump, frustrated by advisers, is not convinced the time is right to attack Iran
By Josh Dawsey, Shane Harris & John Hudson