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2012-08-24 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

US Navy sending carrier back to Persian Gulf

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Posted by Steve White 2012-08-24 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 good move. just wish our carriers weren't operating in such a small body of water.

Posted by Raider 2012-08-24 09:51|| 2012-08-24 09:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Shades of the late 1970s....

Posted by Pappy 2012-08-24 12:37|| 2012-08-24 12:37|| Front Page Top

#3 "A US Senate report indicates that the United States has now nearly 15,000 troops in three bases across Kuwait - three times the average number of American forces in the Middle Eastern country before the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003."

Yes, because a lot of those combat units that were pulled out of Iraq were simply moved across the border into Kuwait. That has been widely reported.

Posted by crosspatch 2012-08-24 16:34|| 2012-08-24 16:34|| Front Page Top

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