US offered to scare Iran: report
THE US offered to mount aggressive air patrols over Iranian bases during the country's stand-off with Britain, UK media reported today.
Citing unnamed diplomatic sources, The Guardian newspaper said Pentagon officials offered a series of military options that Britain rejected.
Britain reportedly told the US to keep out of the affair and instead tone down armed forces activity in the Gulf region.
One of the options involved combat aircraft patrolling over Iranian bases to show how serious the incident was, the newspaper said in a front page story
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