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So this is an invite to tea ? Or is it the buid up to war and once the US has taken up it's position(s) - bang?
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MANAMA (AFP) - A second US aircraft carrier has arrived in Middle Eastern waters as promised by US President George W. Bush in January amid an escalating crisis with nearby Iran over its nuclear program.
The USS John C. Stennis and its accompanying strike group joined the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Sea of Oman but has not yet entered Gulf waters, the US Fifth Fleet said Tuesday from its base in Manama.
The Stennis "entered the US 5th Fleet area of operations... to conduct maritime security operations in regional waters, as well as to provide support for ground forces operating in Afghanistan and Iraq," said a US statement.
Bush on January 10 unveiled his new strategy for Iraq which included deploying a second aircraft carrier group and a Patriot anti-missile defense system "to reassure our friends and allies."
2007-02-20
04:19:21
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The rest of the article .
Again how will this effect civil rights and the level of terror here ?
Washington accuses arch-foe Tehran of stoking the insurgency in Iraq and of seeking to develop a nuclear bomb, charges denied by the Islamic republic.
Days after Bush's announcement, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the Stennis's redeployment was a signal to Iran, which, he said, has a "very negative" attitude.
Iran has also been carrying out military exercises in the region, including test-firing missiles and building drones that military commanders boasted could hit the US Navy.
2007-02-20
04:20:53 ·
update #1
This Is Not Honor
Maybe - but they'd be American rocks and proud to be used as projectiles of freedom wouldn't they ? I can see a Hollywood movie coming out of this .
The rock brigade of 2007 - I hope this doesn't confuse the crack heads too much
2007-02-20
04:45:43 ·
update #2