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American Armada Prepares To Take On Iran
The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 2-24-2007 | Damien McElroy

Posted on 02/23/2007 5:31:04 PM PST by blam

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To: gonzo
FYI.

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101 posted on 02/23/2007 11:35:28 PM PST by Lurker (Europeans killed 6 million Jews. As a reward they got 40 million Moslems. Karma's a bitch.)
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To: blam

I like it, washout iran’s ECM sniffers then vanish. Reappear from a new position. Repeat over and over. Fun.


102 posted on 02/23/2007 11:49:44 PM PST by JamminJAY (This space for rent)
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To: jeffers

Hhhmmm...


103 posted on 02/24/2007 4:37:21 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: jveritas
No way. The rest of the world will condemn us and the Dims will go nuts. W's legacy will evaporate and he isn't going to risk that.

Iran will not be the pushover Iraq was. We will lose planes and their crews. We will also probably suffer the worst attack on a carrier since WWII. Iran has been working on stealth detection technology for about 20 years and I believe it is now operational. They can find B-2's and target them.

Our ground forces are stretched too thin as it is and they cannot stop a mass Iranian evacuation to Iraq that would cause complete havoc in Iraq. Iran must collapse from the inside. It is the only viable option - unless of course we go nuclear and there is no way in hell W has the balls for that.

104 posted on 02/24/2007 5:55:04 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (So many geeks, so few circuses.)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Time line of events with Iran and our subsequent military buildup besides what we have in Iran and Afghanistan.

If Tehran Only Knew, what will happen if there is no regime change in Iran.:

"In America, we lie for tactical reasons, stating over and over that military action against Iran is unlikely. However in Iran, out of ignorance, they reiterate that American military action against their country is impossible because the US is "unable" to do so!

We say and hope our analysis is wrong. A possible military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities is in the final stages. Unless a political miracle occurs that revives the halted dialog between Iran and the international community, Iran and its neighboring countries should not be surprised by a scenario that includes American military action. "

Just maybe, President Bush is purposely allowing the media and the left to spout their garbage in order to create the illusion that we are completely incapable of taking any action against Iran. It would come as a complete surprise if we did take action.


Summary of US military buildup in the Persian Gulf area since the first of the year:

Over the past month, the U.S. Navy has given orders to the U.S.S. John Stennis carrier battle group, based in Bremerton, WA, to steam toward the Persian Gulf, where it will join the U.S.S. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Navy sources say the Pentagon is getting ready to announce the dispatch of a third carrier battle group – the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan – from San Diego. That will make three carrier battle groups in the region starting at around the end of January.

Oh, and along with them is the amphibious assault group led by the U.S.S. Boxer, which can land several thousand U.S. Marines to seize and destroy strategic sites near the coast at a moment’s notice. (Busheir? Bandar Abbas? Jask? The three Persian Gulf islands Iran seized from the UAE in the 1990s and has since fortified to harass Gulf shipping? Your pick).

Other recent US Naval and Marine Corp additions to handle/control/kill the Iranian Serial Killers:

Bataan Transits Suez Canal, Enters U.S. 5th Fleet Story Number: NNS070130-14 Release Date: 1/30/2007 7:00:00 PM

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class (SW) Joanne De Vera, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs

USS BATAAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) and the Sailors and Marines of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) successfully transited the Suez Canal on Jan. 30 and entered the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

While in the region, the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) will conduct maritime security operations (MSO).

MSO help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment, as well as complement the counter-terrorism and security efforts of regional nations. These operations deny international terrorists use of the maritime environment as a venue for attack or to transport personnel, weapons or other material.

U.S. 5th Fleet’s area of operations encompasses 2.5 million square miles of water and includes the Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Oman and parts of the Indian Ocean.

“We’ll continue our role as the surface warfare commander and the air defense commander for the Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group,” said Cmdr. Jon Carriglitto, Bataan’s operations officer. “Together with the MEU, we bring the ability to insert a quick, capable amphibious force where it’s needed.”

While in theater, approximately 6,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines assigned to the ESG and the 26th MEU provide the combatant commander a versatile sea-based force that can be tailored to a variety of missions. The Bataan ESG has the capabilities to support MSO, combat operations and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief.

“Bataan ESG’s presence in the U.S. 5th Fleet will require the crew to conduct what it does best: well deck and flight deck operations,” said Carriglitto. “We’ll be conducting varsity-level operations, but much of it falls right in line with our ongoing training, so I know we’re ready to meet those challenges.”

Bataan, commanded by Capt. David Hulse, left its homeport of Norfolk on Jan. 4 for a regularly-scheduled deployment as the flagship of the Bataan ESG. The ESG is comprised of the Bataan Strike Group, commanded by Commodore Donna Looney, commander, Bataan Strike Group/Amphibious Squadron 2, and the 26th MEU based out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., commanded by Col. Gregg Sturdevant.

In addition to Bataan, the strike group consists of USS Shreveport (LPD 12), USS Oak Hill (LSD 51), USS Vella Gulf (CG 72), USS Nitze (DDG 94), USS Underwood (FFG 36), and USS Scranton (SSN 756).

For related news, visit the Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/Commander, U.S. 5th Fleet Navy NewsStand page at www.news.navy.mil/local/cusnc/.

"Due to rapidly developing events in Somalia, U.S. Central Command has tasked USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to join USS Bunker Hill, USS Ramage, USS Anzio and USS Ashland to support ongoing maritime security operations off the coast of Somalia," said Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charlie Brown, a spokesman for 5th Fleet in Bahrain.

Aircraft Carrier USS Reagan at Sasebo, Japan (where does it go next?)
AP ^ | 02/24/07

Posted on 02/24/2007 12:04:39 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

An aerial view shows U.S. aircraft carrier USS Ronald W. Reagan sailing into the Sasebo Port, western Japan, Saturday, Feb. 24 2007. The newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier made a port call at Sasebo U.S. naval base Saturday. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)


TOPICS:

More Iranian related news:

01.31.07

Pentagon official tells LA Times aggressive new tactics designed to deter Iranian assistance to Iraqi militants may include more forceful patrols by fighter planes along Iran-Iraq border to counter smuggling of bomb supplies from Islamic Republic; ‘For every improvised explosive device that goes off in Iraq, a bomb should go off in Iran,’ retired Air Force lieutenant general says.

ynet.news.com

IRAN CLOCK IS TICKING

Thursday, February 01, 2007 - FreeMarketNews.com

LINKED NEWS ANALYSIS

Military and intelligence sources continue to tell me that preparations are advancing for a war with Iran starting possibly as early as mid-to-late February. The sources offer some differences of opinion over whether Bush might cite a provocation from Iran or whether Israel will take the lead in launching air strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.

-Consortiumnews.com

8 posted on 02/01/2007 4:24:51 PM PST by M. Espinola (Freedom is Never Free)

A Quote from: The Dogs of War - Lessons of the 20th Century. By Victor Davis Hanson, (author most recently of Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power):

"I would not wish to fight the United States - either militarily, politically, or culturally. For every threat, our history teaches us that Americans offer not just a rejoinder, but the specter of a devastating answer of a magnitude almost inconceivable to those now chanting and threatening in the streets of the Middle East.

Do they have any idea of what sort of dangerous people we really are? Do they understand the history of the names of those ships now off their coasts, like the USS Peleliu or Enterprise, or the pedigree of the 82nd or 101st Airborne?"

In spite of all the reality above, the insane Islamofascist serial killers in charge of Iran are going ahead with naval war games in the Persian Gulf.

Iranian navy, air forces to launch wargames in Persian Gulf, Oman Sea IRNA / Reuters ^

Posted on 02/06/2007 10:20:34 AM PST by maquiladora

Missile units of the air and naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will begin a specialized wargame in southern and central parts of Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman from Wednesday.

The announcement follows mounting tension with the United States, which has said it will step up pressure on Iran. This has included despatching a second aircraft carrier to the Gulf, a major shipping lane for oil exports.

The exercises will be staged on Wednesday and Thursday by the missile units of the Guards' naval and air forces, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, citing a Guards source.

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Second US aircraft carrier arrives near Iran
AFP ^ | 02/20/07

Posted on 02/20/2007 8:15:53 AM PST by nypokerface

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."

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.

The White House has repeatedly insisted it has no plans to strike Iran, and downplayed the significance of reinforcing the US military presence in the Gulf region.

Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised the US military build-up in the Gulf, saying it did not fit in with Washington's Iraq strategy.


Our comrades, Pelosi, Reid, Clintoon, Kerry and Kennedy will never allow Bush to attack us!

Hey, what is causing all those bright lights and loud noises!

The nuclear bomb used at Hiroshima was puny compared to what we have ready for the Islamofascist serial killers in Iran:

Atomic blast in Hiroshima

An atomic blast demolished the centre of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6,1945. Japan agreed to surrender after a second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9.

Iranian Map: Before we unleash the real hell on earth shown below for the Iranian Whackjobs:

Then, we show the suicidal Islamofascist serial killers in charge of Iran, what real nuclear weapons will do.

Iranian Map: After the above!

Besides the obvious air and missile strikes, we can cause a lot of economic problems for Iran using their techniques against them like the following: (Iranian) Pipeline blown up
Daily Times (Pakistan) ^ | February 21st, 2007

Posted on 02/21/2007 2:41:24 AM PST by M. Espinola

Quetta: Suspected Baloch militants blew up a gas pipeline near Quetta on Tuesday, cutting supplies to a power plant and several areas, a gas company official said. Gas supplies were cut to four districts near Quetta and a 95 MW city power plant. Supplies might be restored to some areas within 24 hours, Nawaz said. No one was hurt in the early morning blast in the outskirts of Quetta. “They planted explosives under an 18-inch pipeline that blew out a 4-foot piece of the pipe,” said Sheikh Nawaz, general manager of Sui Southern Gas Company. agencies


TOPICS: News/Current Events; War on Terror; Click to Add Topic
KEYWORDS: ENERGY; IRAN; NATURALGAS; NAWAZ; OIL; QUETTA;



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105 posted on 02/24/2007 6:20:55 AM PST by Grampa Dave (GW has more Honor and Integrity in his little finger than ALL of the losers on the "hate Bush" band)
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To: mad_as_he$$

"Our ground forces are stretched too thin as it is and they cannot stop a mass Iranian evacuation to Iraq that would cause complete havoc in Iraq. Iran must collapse from the inside."

I'm not sure what you mean by this.
The forces we have in Iraq would stop the Iranian Army dead were it to try to invade Iraq.
Perhaps you mean that an American military attack on Iran would cause Iranian civilians to flee en masse for the Iraqi desert.
Why?
The US isn't going to be destroying Iranian cities, but military sites. There isn't the ethnic and religious diversity in Iran that would cause a government breakdown to provoke an ethnic civil war. Why would Farsi-speaking ethnic Persians flee Persia for a piece of Arabia, in the desert, in a bloody civil war?
It makes no sense.
The Persians will hunker down and stay put even as we gut their government from the air...were we to do that...but we won't.
There is no gas in the tank for that sort of third war.
And the talk about ISRAEL doing it is just fantasy. Israel is too far away and does not have the long range strike forces to be effective at taking down Iran. They could perhaps get a raid or two into Iran, which would only enrage the country ... and enrage Iraq, over which the Israelis would have to fly.

Truth is, we're going to make a lot of noise, and Iran is going to get the atomic bomb, because they're not going to back down, and they know we don't have the gas in the tank to start a war with them. It's finished. We screwed up at the outset of this war, and we can't walk that cat back now.

There are lessons learned here for the next one, but we already are determinedly not learning them.


106 posted on 02/24/2007 6:38:31 AM PST by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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To: Vicomte13
I agree with you that we will just make a noise and not take much action.

Yes, I believe that Iranian citizens will flee to the frontier with Iraq as urged by their Government. Our ground troops would be caught between bad guys, one in Iraq and the other civilians urged on by the Iranian military. WE won't kill anymore civilians than we have too and the Iranians know that. So they will send as many as they can to overrun us. Iran has one of the poorest populations in the ME due to the high military spending and the reduction of oil profits. Many volunteers for cannon fodder - the martyr syndrome. I have also seen stories of "Civil Defense" drills in Iran that seem to evacuate whole cities - bad Americans attacked. This seems to me to be the trigger for panic and chaos. So you have 80% of the ground combat certified US military power caught in Iraq with crappy ROE's and then Lil' Kim will pull some $hit.

If you look at the region prior to Churchill's re-districting the Iranians can make claim to a larger part of what we now call Iraq. Someday they will do that. I also don't believe that any attack on Iran can be limited to "military" targets - there is just too much spread around.

107 posted on 02/24/2007 7:11:21 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (So many geeks, so few circuses.)
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To: Dog; blam; jeffers; nuconvert; irish guard; Cap Huff; Southack
OK....so it is difficult to tell from this article...do we have 2 or 3 carrier groups in the Gulf? I know there was talk of a third, but this article suggest only 2. Aslo, are our amphibious assault ships still in the Gulf? Those guys certainly aren't there to offer support to the 21,000 troops being added to Baghdad.

One last question....Bush has balls, but does he have any political capital left to launch an attack on Iran?

108 posted on 02/24/2007 7:47:21 AM PST by irish guard
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To: Vicomte13

"I am also a lawyer, for which I am truly sorry." Dude, you are a comedian, too. Heh. That said, I speak French and have studied in France myself (Universite Catholique de la Ouest in Angers to be precise) - so I have some idea where you are coming from. Its and interesting country, and the folks there are not at all hostile to Americans (who bother to speak French that is) - unlike the current French government with which I have major issues.

Thanks also for your service to the USA.

You might enjoy these folks, if you haven't run across this blog yet - http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/.


109 posted on 02/24/2007 8:24:10 AM PST by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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To: timer

"Thus, those skilled in war subdue the enemy's army without battle. They capture the enemy's cities without assaulting them and overthrow his state without protracted operations. Their aim is to take all under heaven intact by strategic considerations. Thus, their troops are not worn out and their gains will be complete. This is the art of offensive strategy. " Sun Tzu "The Art of War"


110 posted on 02/24/2007 8:29:12 AM PST by RKV ( He who has the guns, makes the rules.)
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To: Tarpon

.....I predict Israel will strike the blow....

All the Gulf States are involved in the coalition to neutralize Iran.


111 posted on 02/24/2007 8:34:25 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. Want a stress free life? vote Republican..)
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To: Zeroisanumber

Those who make categorical statements are either right or wrong, not right some of the time and wrong some of the time. It's the nature of categorical statements.


112 posted on 02/24/2007 10:15:54 AM PST by gogeo (Democrats want to support the troops without actually being helpful to them.)
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To: irish guard

Navy.mil

> ship status < (top left side-bar)

In the Arabian Sea now,,,all moved south of gulf of Oman,,,

Prolly just boat ridin'...


113 posted on 02/24/2007 10:31:18 AM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

"Prolly just boat ridin'..."

LOL

Guess we need to change the motto to "Join the Navy and have nautical drag races in the Persian Gulf".

....just kickin' my heels and watchin'.....


114 posted on 02/24/2007 11:01:47 AM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (The Wall Gathering of Eagles 0700 EDT 03/17/2007)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet
Hey,There,,,Moozzi dropped one of their

alaFubar-Vunder-Vaffin-Missiles into the main shippin'
channel in the Straits of Hormuz yesterday,,,
[pucker~factor~9.5]

Fleet moved ?

so,,,,,,

Fasten chin-strap on tin~foil~hats !!
Standby The Popcorn !!...;0)
115 posted on 02/24/2007 11:29:20 AM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: RKV

Sounds more like the satanic filth coming out of hollywood..


116 posted on 02/24/2007 12:24:04 PM PST by timer (n/0=n=nx0)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

If NavAir has done only one percent of what the rest of the branches have improved since I was playin' with "my gear", you might as well go barehead, 'cause tin foil hats don't work nohow, nowhere.

...and neither will the IRG's loudenboomers. (Except in press releases, which are really the most effective weapons in their arsenal.)

Better make the popcorn in small batches. I've got a feeling that this is all foreplay to the new world's record for shortest armed conflict.


117 posted on 02/24/2007 12:50:15 PM PST by Unrepentant VN Vet (The Wall Gathering of Eagles 0700 EDT 03/17/2007)
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To: Unrepentant VN Vet

The B-2 will be fitted with the BAB(bigassbomb) soon,,,
The USS Diego Garcia has BEER !!!(it just moved too!!)
MMMMMMMaybe that's where their goin' !!...;0)


118 posted on 02/24/2007 1:27:23 PM PST by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: Lurker; Grampa Dave; HardStarboard
"...Just maybe, President Bush is purposely allowing the media and the left to spout their garbage in order to create the illusion that we are completely incapable of taking any action against Iran. It would come as a complete surprise if we did take action..."

BIG surprise for Iran and others coming soon - very soon.

It's actually pretty amazing and kinda funny that Iran still thinks that the USA won't or can't act against them.

Should be interesting - by April 9th ............ FRegards

119 posted on 02/24/2007 1:50:18 PM PST by gonzo (I'm not confused anymore. Now I'm sure we have to completely destroy Islam, and FAST!!)
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To: 1COUNTER-MORTER-68

On verra...on verra.

Moi? J'espere que vous avez raison et que moi, j'ai tort.


120 posted on 02/24/2007 3:42:45 PM PST by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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