Posted on 06/28/2010 6:46:24 PM PDT by Star Traveler
Submitted by Tyler Durden
06/27/2010 12:50 -0500
As we first reported last week, in an article that was met with much original skepticism, the Pentagon has now confirmed that a fleet of 12 warships has passed the Suez Canal, and is now likely awaiting orders to support the escalation in the Persian Gulf. The attached image from Stratfor shows the latest positioning of US aircraft carrier groups as of June 23: the USS Harry Truman (CVN-75) is now right next to USS Eisenhower (CVN 69), both of which are waiting patiently just off Iran.
As for the catalyst the two carriers may be anticipating, we provide the following update from the Gulf Daily News where we read that Israel may be on the verge of an attack of Iran, with an incursion originating from military bases in Azerbaijan and Georgia.
Israel is massing warplanes in the Caucasus for an attack on Iran, it was revealed yesterday.
Preparations are underway to launch the military attack from Azerbaijan and Georgia, reports our sister paper Akhbar Al Khaleej, quoting military sources.
Israel was, in fact, training pilots in Turkey to launch the strike and was smuggling planes into Georgia using Turkish airspace, they said.
However, Turkey was unaware of Israel's intention of transferring the planes to Georgia, the sources said.
The unexpected crisis between Israel and Turkey following an Israeli commando raid on an aid flotilla bound for Gaza Strip hit Israeli calculations.
Azerbaijan-based intelligence units, working under the cover of technicians, trainers and consultants, have helped with the preparations, the sources said.
Military equipment, mostly supplied by the US, was transported to a Georgian port via the Black Sea.
Georgian coastguard and Israeli controllers are co-operating to hide the operations from Russian vessels, said the sources.
They point out that according to Israel, it will not be in a position to launch a strike on Iran without using bases in Georgia and Azerbaijan due to the limited capabilities of its nuclear submarines stationed near the Iranian coast.
Meanwhile, Iran's Press TV reported that a very large contingent of US ground forces had massed in Azerbaijan, near the Iranian border. The independent Azerbaijani news website Trend confirmed the report.
Those reports came just days after the Pentagon confirmed that an unusually large fleet of US warships had indeed passed through Egypt's Suez Canal en route to the Gulf. At least one Israeli warship reportedly joined the American armada.
Press TV also quoted Iranian Revolultionary Guard Brigadier General Mehdi Moini as saying that the country's forces are mobilised and ready to face Israelli and American "misadventures" near its borders.
* Iran last night said it has cancelled plans to send an aid ship to the Gaza Strip as Israel "had sent a letter to the UN saying that the presence of Iranian and Lebanese ships in the Gaza area will be considered a declaration of war on that regime and it will confront it," Irna said.
We caution readers to take this news with a grain of salt as the Gulf Daily News' sister publication, Akhbar Al Khaleej, has a slightly less than stellar credibility rating. Then again, this is what some, Breaking News Online most notably, said about last week's carrier news, urging readers to ignore it.
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Tail Wagging the Dog? Klintoon did the same thing when the Lewinsky crap was coming down.
Personally, with Hussein Obama as CiC, I don’t think we are going to do anything about Iran.
Hasn’t there been a US Carrier Group continuously operating off Iran’s coastline since June 1990 in the build up to the first Gulf War?
All these “new media” websites that are flipping out about the carrier group rotation are showing just how piss poor the quality of the “crowd sourcing” can be in specialized subjects.
There will be a distraction created toward the middle of October.
Count on it.
More likely it points to the imminent return to the U.S. of the Eisenhower after an extended deployment to the gulf.
I imagine the inside of Obama’s brain is like a tornado right now. Actual facts have created a storm when they confronted his Marxist crap to the point that he doesn’t know which way is up. Soros is pulling on one side, the unions on another, the citizens left and right are pissed, the former allies are pissed, Hugo and his ilk laugh at him, the Gulf spill has made his malicious incompetence all too clear, he’s not sure that he wants to completely destroy this country because then the golden goose will be dead.
I’ve seen a deer in the headlights look on his face lately, the cockiness is gone. He can’t blame Bush anymore and there’s no BS big enough to cover his butt. I bet he’s trying to figure out how to not go down as the worst POTUS in history...and good luck with that.
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It's all true.
One Carrier Strike Group arrives on scene to relieve another CSG that has been there a few months so they can go home. It's as routine an event as the sun rising.
I think a lot of us are about to leave this world, one way or another.
He will probably get a carrier sunk before its all over.
Okay, you’ve got some really big weapons sitting in a strategic area of the world. The question is who would the snot-nosed little Alinsky technobrat in the White House point them at? And would he pull the trigger?
If Obama ordered our military to shoot down any IAF aircraft attacking Iran, there would be a revolt in this country hopefully followed shortly thereafter by a coup.
That's the most logical reason.
I’ve been worried about that. Send them out there with rules of engagement that prevent them from defending themselves, then give them all posthumous “Courageous Restraint” medals.
I would be shocked if Obama did this but maybe his political fortunes are bad enough....
More likely there the threaten to shoot down Israeli planes going to strike at Iran is my guess.
Yes, but 0bama wouldn't let a crisis of this nature go to waste. Recall it was the democrats a few years back...pushing for a draft. 0bama is looking for a reason to assemble...
"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."
Scared yet? We wondered how he would bring it about...yeah...a blow out in the ME. Whew...
There is NO WAY the Kenyan Usurper will order an attack on Iran. If we attack, rest assured that it will be the act of the Joint Chiefs ACTING IN THEIR OWN.
The “USS Carrier”?
I’m suspicious of anything that is reported by a person with the name of Tyler Durden, the name of the psycho character played by Brad Pitt in Fight Club.
it will be the act of the Joint Chiefs ACTING IN THEIR OWN.
LOL ...
If you expect me to believe that they are such yahoos and cowboys... then you probably also expect me to believe that they are also planning on militarily taking over the White House, too ... :-)
Hey! That would be easier than attacking Iran ...
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