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Zerohedge is reporting on some very
interesting positioning of U.S. naval ships:
As the most recently updated naval map from Stratfor demonstrates,
the CVN 77 G.H.W. Bush has just entered the Persian Gulf, the first time a US
aircraft carrier has passed through the Straits of Hormuz in months. What is
also notable is that the LHD 5 Bataan amphibious warfare ship has just weighed
anchor right next to Libya: this is odd since the coast of Tripoli had been left
unattended for many weeks by US attack ships. And topping it all off is that a
third aircraft carrier, the CVN 73, is sailing west from the South China seas,
potentially with a target next to CVN 76 Ronald Reagan which is the second
carrier in the Straits of Hormuz area. Three carriers in proximity to Iran would
be extremely troubling.
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