Eritrean President Isayas Afwerki and Iranian President Mahmud AhmadinejadFrom The Cutting Edge:
Iranian ships and submarines have deployed an undisclosed number of Iranian troops and weapons at the Eritrean port town of Assab, according to opposition groups, foreign diplomats, and NGOs in the area.
The city of Assab sits at the Horn of Africa in the Arabian Sea. As such, Assab offers a strategic position as the world nervously eyes the precarious routes through which a seaborne oil traverses daily.
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My Comment: Iranian troops and missile systems based in an African country that overlooks the shipping lanes from the Suez Canal to the Gulf of Aden. This is an ominous development that many in the western media have so far ignored.
The intent is obvious, to intercept oil tankers and all other vital shipping that come from Saudi Arabia and Egypt.