Fort Bragg soldiers to be deployed to Saudi Arabia in response to oil rig attack

Friday, September 27, 2019
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (WTVD) -- Fort Bragg soldiers will be headed to Saudi Arabia as part of a response to an attack in the country.

Two Saudi oil facilities were bombed on Sept. 14. American intelligence insists Iran was behind the attack.
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President Donald Trump and the Pentagon announced Sept. 20 that troops and defensive military equipment would be sent to Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks.

Now we're learning more specifics: The Pentagon said 200 troops along with a Patriot Missile Battery and four radar systems will be delivered to Saudi Arabia.
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Fort Bragg officials confirmed to ABC11 that some locals soldiers will be part of that deployment.
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