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Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:24:01 -0400
From: Jay Moore <pieinsky at igc.org>
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Subject: [Activist_List] Massive US Naval Armada Heads for Iran
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 13:05:34 -0700
From: Scott Munson <scott at planttrees.org>
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Massive US Naval Armada Heads for Iran
BushShouldHaveBeenImpeached-subcribe at yahoogroups.com
http://europebusines.blogspot.com/2008/08/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html
Thanks for copying me. If this is true, and we blockade Iran, we will
start WWIII. I am sending this to all I know so we can verify this
horrorific news. Putting our Navy at risk, not only from Iran but
from Russia, is insanity and breaking international law.
Everyone had better contact their Senators and Congressmen/women first
thing Monday. Too many world wide distractions...Bush at the games
embarassing us, Russia/Georgia at war, Paris's campaign ad...we had
better pay attention.
http://europebusines.blogspot.com/2008/08/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran <http://europebusines.blogspot.com/2008/08/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html
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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".
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.
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.
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:
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 blockade it could be the most dangerous at-sea confrontation
since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The US and allied Navies, by front
loading a Naval blockade force with very powerful guided missile
warships and strike carriers is attempting to have a force so powerful
that Russia and China will not be tempted to mess with. This is a most
serious game of military brinkmanship with major nuclear armed powers
that have profound objections to the neo-con grand strategy and to
western control of all of the Middle East's oil supply.
The Russian Navy this spring sent a major battle fleet into the
Mediterranean headed by the modern aircraft carrier the Admiral
Kuznetsov and the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, the Guided Missile
Heavy Cruiser Moskva. This powerful fleet has at least 11 surface
ships and unknown numbers of subs and can use the Russian naval
facility at Syria's Tartous port for resupply. The Admiral Kuznetsov
carries approximately 47 warplanes and 10 helicopters. The warplanes
are mostly the powerful Su-33, a naval version (with mid-air refueling
capability) of the Su-27 family. While the Su-33 is a very powerful
warplane it lacks the power of the stealth USAF F-22. However, the
Russians insist that they have developed a plasma based system that
allows them to stealth any aircraft and a recent incident where
Russian fighters were able to appear unannounced over a US Navy
carrier battle group tends to confirm their claims. The Su-33 can be
armed with the 3M82 Moskit sea-skimming missile (NATO code name SS-
N-22 Sunburn) and the even more powerful P-800 Oniks (also named
Yakhonts; NATO code name SS-N-26 Onyx). Both missiles are designed to
kill US Navy supercarriers by getting past the cruiser/destroyer
screen and the USN point-defense Phalanx system by using high
supersonic speeds and violent end maneuvers. Russian subs currently
use the underwater rocket VA-111 Shkval (Squall), which is fired from
standard 533mm torpedo tubes and reaches a speed of 360kph (230mph)
underwater. There is no effective countermeasures to this system and
no western counterpart.
A strategic diversion has been created for Russia. The Republic of
Georgia, with US backing, is actively preparing for war on South
Ossetia. The South Ossetia capital has been shelled and a large
Georgian tank force has been heading towards the border. Russia has
stated that it will not sit by and allow the Georgians to attack South
Ossetia. The Russians are great chess players and this game may not
turn out so well for the neo-cons.
Kuwait has activated its "Emergency War Plan" as it and other Gulf
nations prepare for the likelihood of a major regional war in the
Middle East involving weapons of mass destruction.
The two-ton elephant in the living room of the neo-con strategy is the
advanced biowar (ABW) that Iran, and to a lessor extent Syria, has.
This places the motherlands of the major neo-con nations (America,
France, the United Kingdom), as well as Israel, in grave danger. When
the Soviet Union fell the Iranians hired as many out-of-work former
Soviet advanced biowar experts as possible. In the last 15 or so years
they have helped to develop a truly world class ABW program utilizing
recombination DNA genetic engineering technology to create a large
number of man made killer viruses. This form of weapon system does not
require high tech military delivery systems. The viruses are sub-
microscopic and once seeded in a population use the population itself
as vectors. Seeding can be done without notice in shopping malls,
churches, and other public places. The only real defense to an
advanced global strategic biowar attack is to lock down the population
as rapidly as possible and let those infected die off.
Unless the public gets it act together and forces the neo-cons to stop
the march to yet another war in the Middle East we are apt to see a
truly horrific nightmare unfold in OUR COUNTRIES.
Stirling-
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