U.K. Denies U.S. Use of Diego Garcia for Potential Iran Strikes

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The U.K. is denying permission to U.S. use of bases on British territory to launch attacks against Iran, the British government expressed on Thursday. One of the U.K. bases, Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands of the Indian Ocean, is a key strategic asset to U.S. military power projection in the Middle East and Asia.  The base has been a ...