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Air Force spokesperson Lt. Col. John Dorrian would not confirm the exact location of the F-22s, but told ABC News they had been deployed to a base in Southwest Asia -- a region that includes the UAE. Dorrian also stressed that the F-22s were simply taking part in a scheduled deployment and are "not a threat to Iran." "This is a very normal deployment to strengthen military relationships, promote sovereign and regional security, improve combined tactical air operations and enhance interoperability of forces," Dorrian said.

Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said on Monday that the deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along with the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group marks only the fourth time in the past decade that the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the region.

Still want one of those $5 million condos in Dubai? -- MCR

This story is important to everyone. Read this and understand that collapse will hit the hardest in areas where people are living... and shouldn't be. In the United States I can think of Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles as starters. These are the areas that will feel the impacts hardest and first. And in this way the survival instinct will start to drive people towards sustainable regions. very quickly. I believe, without judgment, that most of the people who find themselves in these places will either kill themselves or perish from their own bad luck and absolute cluelessness. -- MCR

What’s Erik Prince been doing since he sold off Blackwater, the infamous mercenary company he founded and turned into a juggernaut of the private security world? His shadiest, most morally-compromised guns-for-hire scheme yet.