A Third US Aircraft Carrier to Boost Attack on Iran? Comment by Larry Ross, July 12, 2007
If the US is planning to launch a pre-emptive nuclear attack on Iran soon, they would strenuously deny it, and strenuously deny that their unprecedented military build up off Iran's coast, including this third aircraft carrier is in preparation for such a strike. The whole strategy behind a pre-emptive strike is that the intended target is caught by surprise and doesn't know what's coming. It is quite vital to the attacker, that the victim is unprepared for both the attack and to make any possible retaliation. The following article gives the facts, and also the Pentagon denials that it is anything to worry about. However given Bush's long term plans for a war on Iran, the many articles on this probability, and the continuing propaganda blitz demonising Iran, as the US media did for Bush before he attacked Iraq, I conclude the attack may be soon. It might be soon after the 3rd aircraft carrier takes up a position in the Gulf in about 2 weeks. However you choose to interpret this move, the massive build up of US military might off the Iran's coast can not be denied. As this build up is not connected to Bush's illegal war on Iraq, the most logical explanation it that it is intended for a war on Iran, as many experts have warned in their articles on our website. This is exactly what one would expect if the US was planning a pre-emptive nuclear strike. That means disasters on a colossal scale. So we warn again that everyone should do their best to try and stop this insanity. For example try: Do-It-Yourself Impeachment
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A third US carrier, the USS Enterprise Strike Group Liberty Post, June 22, 2007
According to DEBKA file's military sources, the US naval build-up off the shores of Iran marks rising military tensions in the region, accentuated by last week's Hamas victory which has endowed Iran with a military foothold on Israel's southwestern border. The USS Enterprise CVN 65-Big E Strike Group will join the USS Stennis and the USS Nimitz carriers, building up the largest sea, air, marine concentration the United States has ever deployed opposite Iran. This goes towards making good on the assurances of four carriers US Vice President Dick Cheney offered the Gulf and Middle East nations during his May tour of the region. The “Big E” leads a strike group consisting of the guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke DDG 51, USS Stout DDG 55, Forrest Sherman DDG 98 and USS James E. Williams DDG 95, as well as the guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg CG 64, the SS Philadelphia SSN 690 nuclear submarine and the USNS Supply T-AOE 6> On its decks are the Carrier Air Wing CVW 1, whose pilots fought combat missions in the Gulf and Arabian Sea during 2006. The Air Wing is made up of F/Q-18 Super Hornet strike craft, the Sidewinders Strike Fighter Squadron VFA-86, the 251st Marine Fighter Attack Squadron MFA, and the Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ 137. The 32nd Sea Control Squadron VS consists of S-3B Vikings. The Airborne Early Warning Squadron VAQ 3 flies E-2C Hawkeye craft. The Fleet Logistics Support Squadron VRC is based on C-2A Greyhounds. DEBKAfile's military sources report Washington is considering deploying the fourth US carrier for the region in the Red Sea opposite Saudi Arabian western coast to secure the three US carriers in the Gulf from the rear as well as the Gulf of Aqaba and Suez Canal. |
