Debka:  Some 20,000 marines, seamen and air crews from six countries, a US nuclear aircraft carrier strike group and three US Marine gunship carriers are practicing an attack on a fictitious mechanized enemy division which has invaded its neighbor in the largest amphibian exercise seen in the West for a decade.  Bold Alligator 2012 simulates an Iranian invasion and a coalition marine landing on the Iranian coast.  DEBKAfile:  it is the prelude to the stationing of a large aircraft car...
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