lkdood
08-10-2008, 03:06 AM
2 US aircraft carriers headed for Gulf
Kuwait began finalizing its "emergency war plan" on being told the vessels were bound for the region.
The US Navy would neither confirm nor deny that carriers were en route. US Fifth Fleet Combined Maritime Command located in Bahrain said it could not comment due to what a spokesman termed "force-protection policy."
While the Kuwaiti daily did not name the ships it believed were heading for the Middle East, The Media Line's defense analyst said they could be the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Ronald Reagan.
Kuwait, like other Arab countries in the Gulf, fears it will be caught in the middle should the US decide to launch an air strike against Iran if negotiations fail.
The Kuwaitis are finalizing details of their security, humanitarian and vital services, the newspaper reported.
jpost (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104233164&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull)
USS Theodore Roosevelt
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USS Ronald Reagan
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Kuwait began finalizing its "emergency war plan" on being told the vessels were bound for the region.
The US Navy would neither confirm nor deny that carriers were en route. US Fifth Fleet Combined Maritime Command located in Bahrain said it could not comment due to what a spokesman termed "force-protection policy."
While the Kuwaiti daily did not name the ships it believed were heading for the Middle East, The Media Line's defense analyst said they could be the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Ronald Reagan.
Kuwait, like other Arab countries in the Gulf, fears it will be caught in the middle should the US decide to launch an air strike against Iran if negotiations fail.
The Kuwaitis are finalizing details of their security, humanitarian and vital services, the newspaper reported.
jpost (http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104233164&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull)
USS Theodore Roosevelt
http://i33.tinypic.com/2mnrho3.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/o05qpc.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/2u6o8yo.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/htfhmr.jpg
USS Ronald Reagan
http://i33.tinypic.com/a1svp1.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/2w4xkea.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/jr2zgj.jpg
http://i33.tinypic.com/35akahz.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/33mq5wz.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/j0zpdd.jpg