U.S. USES ISRAEL TO ATTACK IRAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.09.2008 15:09 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert summoned Defense
Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for an urgent
consultation on Iran Wed. Sept. 10, as the USS Theodore Roosevelt
aircraft carrier headed out to the Mediterranean for missions "in
support of maritime security."
Its arrival will bring the number of US aircraft carriers in the
Mediterranean, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea to four, compared with
two Russian warships. Most of the Russian fleet in the region is
concentrated in the Black Sea whence it has easy and rapid access to
Middle East waters.
The Roosevelt will be followed by its strike force, which includes
the guided missile cruiser Monterey, the guided missile destroyers
Mason and Nitze, with 7,300 sailors and marines aboard, and the attack
submarine Springfield.
Sources report that the USS Ronald Reagan carrier and its strike group
began engaging in assault and support missions for US and NATO forces
in Afghanistan on Aug. 28.
The Iwo Jima carrier group, whose decks carry 6,000 sailors, air
crews and marines, supports the US Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean
and Fifth Fleet in the Gulf with a massive amphibious capability.
The USS San Antonio amphibious transport dock ship is the first vessel
of its class to be deployed in the region as a platform for supporting
Marine movements and operations ashore.
The USS Peleliu carrier patrols the Red Sea and Indian Ocean. It is
escorted by vessels carrying a large Marine contingent.
Monday, Iran launched a three-day naval-air-missile exercise to
practice defense tactics for its nuclear sites, DEBKAfile reports.
Meanwhile, Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential nominee
Sarah Palin told ABC News that nuclear weapons under the control of
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would be "extremely dangerous to everyone
on this globe." She called for a hands-off approach to Israel if it
decided to strike Iranian nuclear facilities.
"We cannot second-guess the steps that Israel has to take to defend
itself," she said.