U.S. Orders Aircraft Carrier into Gulf over Iraq Crisis
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The United States has ordered an aircraft carrier, the USS George H.W. Bush, into the Gulf in response to the crisis in Iraq, the Pentagon said Saturday.
"The order will provide the commander-in-chief additional flexibility should military options be required to protect American lives, citizens and interests in Iraq," Rear Admiral John Kirby, the Pentagon spokesman, said.
Ordered by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, the move comes amid calls for air strikes to blunt a lightning offensive by Sunni Islamic militants that threatens Baghdad and the country's Shiite-led government.
U.S. President Barack Obama said Friday the United States would not send in U.S. ground troops but that he was weighing all other options.
The Bush is being accompanied by two other warships -- the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea and the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun, Kirby said in a statement.
The carrier's movement into the Gulf from the north Arabian Sea was expected to be completed by the end of the day, he said.
"American naval presence in the Arabian Gulf continues to support our longstanding commitments to the security and stability of the region," he added.
14 June 2014, 20:12
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Good stuff. Time to destroy the FSA-Al Qaeda-ISIL jihadist terrorists.
15 June 2014, 02:57
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But but you will be getting help from Great and Little Satan like the FSA. You mean you support the Zionists ???? but but .... Im so confused
14 June 2014, 21:35
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Les mechants USA avec les gentils Mullahs! hahahahahahaha!
Next Nassrallah attends Netanyahu's son bar mitzvah!
14 June 2014, 21:48
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What a coincidence, Iran allied to America to fight sunnis...History repeats itself, 2001 afghan invasion, without the help of iran it wouldnt have happened, 2003 iraq invasion without the help of iran it wouldnt have happened, The WORLD is against sunni's...i hope its obvious to every1 now, that hezbollah are the real zionist as well as Iran...Long live every free fighter! and dont label any1 as al qaeda or isis or any BS...its a bunch of beleivers who had it !!
15 June 2014, 03:01
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lob on my know by product of muta between your dad and a monkey. Now really karim, can you really claim to know who your mother is? How many mutta contracts did she put out nine months before you were born. Crawl to karbala and you will be enlightened
14 June 2014, 22:06
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Morpheus,
Maliki has been a disaster for all the Iraqis, Shia, Sunni, Kurd, Christian etc. but ISIS is not the solution. It is part of the sick sectarian culture that has taken over the region. Well intentioned at its beginning, Arab Nationalism has committed suicide and what we are left with is sectarian extremism everywhere.
We have shunned rational government based on democracy, freedom and human rights labeling it "Western culture" when in fact it is a universal system the foundations of which grew in our part of the world.
Secular democracy is not a perfect system but has been the best for any society that adopted it whether in Asia, Latin America, Turkey, Africa, Turkey, etc.
As long as we reject the rules of democracy, we will remain in our Middle Ages. Civil war and extreme violence is never the solution.
14 June 2014, 22:14
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Morpheus/Abubakr,
I understand your cry against injustice but do not let the thieves like Maliki, the extremists like Khamanei or the power hungry like Nasrallah bring you down to their level.
Take the "red pill" of truth and don't buy their "blue pill" of lies. Stay human.
15 June 2014, 04:24
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Well said. Also, is it a coincident that, for the most part, Iran is conflict free while Syria and now Iraq are exploding? The Persians have done a good job inciting the Arabs to kill each other while they build up their nuclear technology, etc. The fact is that Iran has been with Maliki and guiding him, if you would call that, from the beginning. Maliki has become Iran's tool and Iraq's stooge. If you were the U.S., would you give Maliki a hand?
15 June 2014, 04:11
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I think the so called Sunni leaders are their own worst enemies for funding these terrorists and not taking the garbage out. Your argument that "the world is against Sunnis" is not based on a true premise. If we ask why that is, your conclusion fails. Just look and Kurdistan and Tunisia where the politicians finally realized that they can't rule from a sectarian platform and the logical thing to do is to share power.
14 June 2014, 21:56
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... المؤمنين وهم من رقتهم ورحمتهم ولين جانبهم أشداء أقوياء غلظاء على أعدائهم الكافرين
14 June 2014, 23:08
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Morpheous was when i took the red pill, im on allahs pill now :)
15 June 2014, 00:11
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sha3b mab yefham 2illa hek, talla3ouneh min tyebna....Allah ye7re2on
15 June 2014, 07:26
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are we sure the US is going to stike the sunnis, or it is a reminder to iran they have to properly share the power?
I suggest we wait and see.
