US to deploy anti-terror forces for World Cup: report
US aircraft carriers and spy planes will be deployed around the Korean peninsula during this year`s World Cup finals and Asian Games, a South Korean report said. The deployment was requested by South Korea, and the United States agreed to position AWACS surveillance planes over the peninsula, the JoongAng Ilbo newspaper said Thursday. US military authorities said the deployment of additional equipment is “always possible” for key events in South Korea where some 37,000 American soldiers are stationed under a mutual defense pact. Full Story