Posted on 02/29/2008 12:29:16 AM PST by maquiladora
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon, Pentagon officials said Thursday.
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The destroyer and two support ships are close to Lebanon but out of visual range of the coast, Pentagon officials said.
Another six vessels, led by the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau, are close to Italy and steaming toward the other three, the officials said.
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USS Cole
USS Nassau
USS Bulkeley
USS Ross
USS Ashland
USS Nashville
USS Philippine Sea
2 Navy tankers
(The submarine USS Albany is believed to be with the Nassau group.)
Ping
It’s beyond me why any movement of our ships, planes, troops is posted in open source (any open source).
Just saying...
It’s cheaper to pose then to act.
However, maybe that’s the point...the Middle East needs to know we’re serious.
You beat me to it in a way... I was thinking out loud and answering my own question/comment.
The USS Nassau group is part of a routine deployment. The news about the other ships was leaked to Reuters, AFP and AP at the same time yesterday, i.e. they want this to be public for a reason, its a show of force.
Okay, I really don’t understand why everyone is moving now.
Israel has taken bigger and more frequent hits than she is right now. What’s going on?
“...its a show of force.”
Thank you maquiladora.
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GW won't be POTUS forever?
yitbos
Sometimes we WANT people to know. Its message sending and sometimes its to people you do not suspect. Trust me...if we did not want them to know they would not know and though the Med may seem small they would have trouble finding them too!
You may be right there.
Israel has taken bigger and more frequent hits than she is right now. What’s going on?I'm guessing when Israel hits Lebanon the poo hits the windmill so to speak. This is to keep Hizbollah from getting to happy.
I'm pretty sure there is stuff going on in the background that we don't know about. This is way too major a move just to act as a show of force for Lebanese domestic politics. There's some strange things about the deployment too. We'll just have to wait and see. It is very interesting though.
What??!! j/k
Yes, and thank you Ice-Flyer.
I agree.
IDF forces prepare for Gaza incursion
"Dozens of tanks, artillery battery positioned just north of Gaza to reinforce infantry, engineering corps forces already inside Strip ahead of possible large-scale ground operation. PM returns from Japan, updated on Grad, Qassam rocket attacks on Ashkelon"
yitbos
Well put.
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