EUA podem colocar tropas armadas em navios comerciais no Estreito de Ormuz, com Irã em foco

Medida para impedir apreensão de navios civis é considerada inédita, pois não foi considerada nem durante conflito naval contra Irã em 1988, na Guerra dos Petroleiros

Por Agência Estado

(FILES) THIS JANUARY 5, 2015 FILE PHOTO SHOWS US SOLDIERS AS THEY ARRIVE AT THE SCENE FOLLOWING A SUICIDE CAR BOMB ATTACK ON A EUROPEAN UNION POLICE VEHICLE ALONG THE KABUL-JALALABAD ROAD IN KABUL. US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL ANNOUNCE OCTOBER 15, 2015 THAT THOUSANDS OF US TROOPS WILL REMAIN IN AFGHANISTAN THROUGH 2017, THE TOUGH REALITY OF THAT WAR-WRACKED NATION SCUPPERING A DEFINING ELECTION CAMPAIGN PROMISE. OBAMA WILL ANNOUNCE THAT A 9,800-STRONG US FORCE WILL BE DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT MUCH OF NEXT YEAR, EFFECTIVELY BEQUEATHING A VEXED 14-YEAR WAR HE INHERITED FROM GEORGE W. BUSH TO HIS SUCCESSOR. AFP PHOTO / WAKIL KOHSAR