Tuesday, April 10, 2012

U.S. Navy Carriers In The Persian Gulf (Updated)

The US aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (Reuters/Aladin Abdel Naby)

US Flexes Muscles As It Sends Aircraft Carriers To Persian Gulf -- The Telegraph

The United States sent Iran a message of intent yesterday by despatching two aircraft carriers to the Gulf region just days before the resumption of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme.

The US navy announced the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the north Arabian Sea and the USS Enterprise, the world's longest naval vessel, in the Gulf of Aden.

A senior official in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government threatened in January unspecified action if American aircraft carriers returned to the Persian Gulf, saying: "We are not in the habit of warning more than once".

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More News On The Presence Of Two U.S. Aircraft Carriers In The Persian Gulf

US Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions
-- Washington Post/AP
U.S Navy deploys 2nd aircraft to Gulf amid rising nuclear tensions with Iran -- Daily Mail
U.S. has two carriers in Persian Gulf -- UPI
USS Enterprise heads to Persian Gulf -- CNN
American Enterprise in Gulf: Second aircraft carrier deployed -- RT
Enterprise joins Lincoln in waters near Iran -- Navy Times

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