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US aircraft carrier arrives in Persian Gulf amid rising tensions
2024-08-02
[GEO.TV] Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, a nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier, Theodore Roosevelt, has arrived in the Persian Gulf.

According to US media reports, six US Navy vessels equipped with missiles were accompanied by the aircraft carrier. It is pertinent to mention here that five US Navy ships were already deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pie fight, Bella opened her mouth at precisely the wrong moment...
Arab media reported that US spy planes flew over the coastlines of Syria, Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
and Israel for 4 hours and collected intelligence data.
Posted by:Fred

#1  And the Ford AC went to the Med?
Posted by: Skidmark   2024-08-02 13:00  

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