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   One well-placed nuclear weapon can remove them all--faster than a racist Jew   
   can stab a human being in the back.   
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   news:_6mdnfxBdpduajnVnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@comcast.com...   
   > Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran   
   > Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint   
   > US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval   
   > blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area.   
   > The massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US   
   > Navy expeditionary carrier battle group, a Royal Navy carrier battle   
   > group, a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine plus a large number of US   
   > Navy cruisers, destroyers and frigates playing the "enemy force".   
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   > The lead American ship in these war games, the USS Theodore Roosevelt   
   > (CVN71) and its Carrier Strike Group Two (CCSG-2) are now headed towards   
   > Iran along with the USS Ronald Reagon (CVN76) and its Carrier Strike Group   
   > Seven (CCSG-7) coming from Japan.   
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   > They are joining two existing USN battle groups in the Gulf area: the USS   
   > Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) with its Carrier Strike Group Nine (CCSG-9); and   
   > the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) with its expeditionary strike group.   
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   > Likely also under way towards the Persian Gulf is the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)   
   > and its expeditionary strike group, the UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal (R07)   
   > carrier battle group, assorted French naval assets including the nuclear   
   > hunter-killer submarine Amethyste and French Naval Rafale fighter jets   
   > on-board the USS Theodore Roosevelt. These ships took part in the just   
   > completed Operation Brimstone.   
   >   
   > The build up of naval forces in the Gulf will be one of the largest   
   > multi-national naval armadas since the First and Second Gulf Wars. The   
   > intent is to create a US/EU naval blockade (which is an Act of War under   
   > international law) around Iran (with supporting air and land elements) to   
   > prevent the shipment of benzene and certain other refined oil products   
   > headed to Iranian ports. Iran has limited domestic oil refining capacity   
   > and imports 40% of its benzene. Cutting off benzene and other key products   
   > would cripple the Iranian economy. The neo-cons are counting on such a   
   > blockade launching a war with Iran.   
   >   
   > The US Naval forces being assembled include the following:   
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   > Carrier Strike Group Nine   
   > USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) nuclear powered supercarrier   
   > with its Carrier Air Wing Two   
   > Destroyer Squadron Nine:   
   > USS Mobile Bay (CG53) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Russell (DDG59) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Momsen (DDG92) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Shoup (DDG86) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Ford (FFG54) guided missile frigate   
   > USS Ingraham (FFG61) guided missile frigate   
   > USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG60) guided missile frigate   
   > USS Curts (FFG38) guided missile frigate   
   > Plus one or more nuclear hunter-killer submarines   
   >   
   > Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group   
   > USS Peleliu (LHA-5) a Tarawa-class amphibious assault carrier   
   > USS Pearl Harbor (LSD52) assult ship   
   > USS Dubuque (LPD8) assult ship/landing dock   
   > USS Cape St. George (CG71) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Halsey (DDG97) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Benfold (DDG65) guided missile destroyer   
   >   
   > Carrier Strike Group Two   
   > USS Theodore Roosevelt (DVN71) nuclear powered supercarrier   
   > with its Carrier Air Wing Eight   
   > Destroyer Squadron 22   
   > USS Monterey (CG61) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Mason (DDG87) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Nitze (DDG94) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Sullivans (DDG68) guided missile destroyer   
   >   
   > USS Springfield (SSN761) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine   
   >   
   > IWO ESG ~ Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group   
   > USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) amphibious assault carrier   
   > with its Amphibious Squadron Four   
   > and with its 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit   
   > USS San Antonio (LPD17) assault ship   
   > USS Velia Gulf (CG72) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Ramage (DDG61) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Carter Hall (LSD50) assault ship   
   > USS Roosevelt (DDG80) guided missile destroyer   
   >   
   > USS Hartfore (SSN768) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine   
   >   
   > Carrier Strike Group Seven   
   > USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) nuclear powered supercarrier   
   > with its Carrier Air Wing 14   
   > Destroyer Squadron 7   
   > USS Chancellorsville (CG62) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Howard (DDG83) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Gridley (DDG101) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Decatur (DDG73) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Thach (FFG43) guided missile frigate   
   > USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) fast combat support ship   
   >   
   > Also likely to join the battle armada:   
   >   
   > UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal Carrier Strike Group with assorted guided   
   > missile destroyers and frigates, nuclear hunter-killer submarines and   
   > support ships   
   >   
   > French Navy nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines (likely the Amethyste   
   > and perhaps others), plus French Naval Rafale fighter jets operating off   
   > of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as the French Carrier Charles de Gaulle is   
   > in dry dock, and assorted surface warships   
   >   
   > Various other US Navy warships and submarines and support ships. The   
   > following USN ships took part (as the "enemy" forces) in Operation   
   > Brimstone and several may join in:   
   >   
   > USS San Jacinto (CG56) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Anzio (CG68) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Normandy (CG60) guided missile cruiser   
   > USS Carney (DDG64) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Oscar Austin (DDG79) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG81) guided missile destroyer   
   > USS Carr (FFG52) guided missile frigate   
   >   
   > The USS Iwo Jima and USS Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Groups have USMC   
   > Harrier jump jets and an assortment of assault and attack helicopters. The   
   > Expeditionary Strike Groups have powerful USMC Expeditionary Units with   
   > amphibious armor and ground forces trained for operating in shallow waters   
   > and in seizures of land assets, such as Qeshm Island (a 50 mile long   
   > island off of Bandar Abbas in the Gulf of Hormuz and headquarters of the   
   > Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps).   
   >   
   > The large and very advanced nature of the US Naval warships is not only   
   > directed at Iran. There is a great fear that Russia and China may oppose   
   > the naval and air/land blockade of Iran. If Russian and perhaps Chinese   
   > naval warships escort commercial tankers to Iran in violation of the   
      
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