USS Abraham Lincoln
Luis Martinez and Matt Sayler – ABC News Aug 3, 2024
The Pentagon will send an additional fighter squadron and more warships to the Middle East to help defend Israel should Iran react militarily to this week’s assassination of Hamas’ top political leader in Tehran that Iran has blamed on Israel.
The United States will also maintain an aircraft carrier presence in the Middle East as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Abraham Lincoln to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt that was on a short-term deployment to the Middle East.
The deployments follow President Joe Biden’s commitment to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday about “new defensive US military deployments” to the region.
Austin “ordered adjustments to U.S. military posture designed to improve U.S. force protection, to increase support for the defense of Israel, and to ensure the United States is prepared to respond to various contingencies,” the Pentagon said in a statement issued Friday.
Austin also ordered the deployment of an additional fighter squadron to the Middle East “reinforcing our defensive air support capability,” the statement said.
“Additionally, Secretary Austin has ordered additional ballistic missile defense-capable cruisers and destroyers to the U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command regions,” according to the statement.
“The Department is also taking steps to increase our readiness to deploy additional land-based ballistic missile defense,” it continued.
This week’s assassinations of Hamas’ senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Fouad Shukur, a top Hezbollah commander, in Beirut, have raised concerns that an Iranian retaliation could spark a broad regional beyond Israel’s war with Hamas.
The new deployments announced Friday will serve as a deterrent to prevent a larger conflict and are also intended to assist Israel should Iran reprise last April’s missile barrage of hundreds of drones and ballistic missiles targeted at Israel in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike in Damascus, Syria, that killed a top Iranian military leader.
The overwhelming majority of those drones and missiles were shot down by a combination of Israeli air defense systems and U.S. fighter jets that had been deployed to the region ahead of a possible Iranian retaliation.
The deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group will provide a consistent carrier presence in the region that might not have been possible if the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group ended its short-term deployment to the region on time.
Currently deployed to the western Pacific, it’s unclear when the Lincoln would arrive in the Middle East to replace the Roosevelt, which is currently in the Gulf of Oman.
There are six U.S. Navy destroyers currently deployed to the Middle East region, and it’s possible that some of them could be moved through the Suez Canal into the Eastern Mediterranean as part of the moves ordered by Austin on Friday.
There are currently two other destroyers in the eastern Mediterranean that are part of a regular mission to provide ballistic missile defense capabilities in that region.
Also stationed in the eastern Mediterranean are the USS Wasp amphibious assault ship and two other amphibious ships that are carrying the 2,200 Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU)
U.S. officials have said that the ships and the Marines aboard could be used to carry out an evacuation of U.S. personnel in the region should that become necessary.
the USA is protecting israel
the very country that robbed it and destroyed it
what a crazy world this is
B-2 bombers landed in Qatar with 30.000lbs MOP,s, capable of penetrating 60m rock .. wag the dog ..
Like many others I believe Iran is compelled to respond. Netanyahu ensured not only that but that the US becomes involved. They’ve been dragged into it by their own hubris and a belief in their own superiority, by a mass-murdering lunatic, a scumbag of the highest order, the worst killer alive.
You fuck-wits.
They started with Count Bernadotte and have never stopped; he saved Yids in the war, so he did not expect them to assassinate him, but if you are not 100 per cent slave to Israel, they like to do that to you
Paging Davy Jones…. Paging Davy Jones…
some BIG “Additions” to your Real Estate will be arriving shortly…
Send your sons and daughters to defend Israhell. Free tickets to that Rapture train coming soon.
Remember the USS Liberty. No fighter jets and ships to protect them….
ZWOG is getting ready to stage their next ‘Gulf of Tonkin’ incident soon which will then ignite their ‘end of days’ war.
seemore butt on August 4, 2024 at 7:56 am
the USA is protecting israel
the very country that robbed it and destroyed it
what a crazy world this is
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Crazy?
Yes and No…
The one and only lie that binds is Rabbi JayZoos…
Americans are conned that Joos provided a saviour…as well as other mythology stolen from other cultures. Thus dying for Joos assures you a seat in heaven?!? WTF?
Once you purge this BS JayZoos cult from your body and mind…the Joos are exposed as Satanists and then on road to true redemption.
RAH
Jews aren’t ‘satanists’ but Jehovahists/Yawvehists. Two different deities/demons.
this moment just now is a very good situation
where everybody involved is so busy to do
a nuklear false flag on USA by any enemy of the
states . hostile candidates to the US missing this
moment will later regret !
Haniah was the negotiator, so assassinating him means Zion does not really care about negotiations anyway. Zion is in shambles now, how can they negotiate? They are defeated. There was a time they destroyed armies of 6 Arab countries and won in 6 days, yet it has been more than 300 days now they can’t defeat tiny Gaza.
So Zion has a weak military but is strong in covert operations and assassinations in particular. Though if you think about it, it was not that hard to pull off anyway and they did it out of desperation.
Haniah’s Qatar based phone number was hacked and a spyware was already installed on his smartphone even before he got to Tehran. There was no security lapse other than not taking his phone from him! You see this was an international event to inaugurate the new president with many world leaders attending, after the event Haniah returned to his secure place late night, they knew his location, so Zion used one of their MEK assets in Iran to launch a FPV guided anti-tank weapons likely Spike from a few kilometers away and have it go through the window, the explosion was small ~7 KG payload and only minimally damaged the building/room but enough to kill those inside. Similar to all those Almas ATGMs Hezbollah has been using.
Now in such an event you can’t take everyone to underground bunkers! That’s just impractical and Iranians did not expect such a stupid move! This means US either has approved of it or simply can’t restraint Zion. Either US too is looking for war despite claiming it is not seeking one or US will stand aside and Resistance Axis will wipe the floor with Zion. They killed the negotiator who was a guest inside Iran and this is a huge red-line crossing, unlike western countries, honor is a real thing around these parts of the world.
Before Zion bombed Iranian consulate in Syria, Iran used to respond to enemy covert operations through covert means, but that day the policy changed! Now Zion is going to receive a crushing miliary blow and who knows it might be the end of it. Whatever happens and even if somewhere is nuked or other countries are wrecked, nobody will blame Iran anymore. Should US forces decide to attack Iran their obsolete ships and bases will be destroyed, US can’t even handle the “Hooties” and Zion can’t even handle Gaza. They could try using their nukes! Should Iran and US go to war, some 25 countries around will be trampled on and these little lilliputian or larger artificial countries will be harmed. Just imagine blockade of strait of Hormoz along with strait of Mandan and destruction of oil pipelines and refineries all over the region.
The entire world is helping Zion with radars and air defense network, so it is only reasonable that Russia help Iran too as Iran has also helped Russia; Iran does not need weapons, has the best drones and missiles, one thing however that Russia has sent to Iran recently is a “long range” electronic warfare and jamming system! Iran has short and medium range locally developed systems, these long range ones will help Iran mess around with enemy Radars better!
Iran has also warned neighboring vassal countries that should they help Zion, they will be attacked too! Jordan in particular was warned thoroughly you should see the photos of their foreign minister, he was evidently shitting himself! We have to see how it will be, but it could be an special operation lasting few days and there will be ground forces deployed as well. Resistance Axis might as well take back Golan heights. Anyway, I have great hopes this time!
Very Important Note: If Zion is crippled, NATO forces, Turkey and Jordan may indeed finally drop their masks and invade Syria. It is also possible that artificial state of Baku (Azerbaijan) might be activated to attack Armenia and later with Turkey they could enter northern Iraq and attack north-west of Iran too. The thing is Iran has masterfully played it so Muslim countries can’t stand in front of Iran due to feeling ashamed of themselves doing so and this is despite what their leaders wish!
Iran prefers not to destroy Demona as this would render Palestine less habitable for them to inherit.
my two tomans
Now more than ever, true story of the USS LIBERTY must be told far and wide.
REMEMBER THE USS LIBERTY !! The fact that this incident has been kept secret from Americans is a traitorous disgrace.