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Sources: US aircraft carrier, fighter jets shadowing Iranian convoy near Yemen
Fox News ^ | 04/21/2015 | By Lucas Tomlinson

Posted on 04/21/2015 9:57:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A U.S. aircraft carrier and its warplanes are shadowing an Iranian convoy approaching Yemen, Pentagon sources told Fox News, amid suspicions that the ships may be carrying weapons for rebel fighters.

Sources told Fox News that the USS Theodore Roosevelt is not only tracking the convoy, but also launching F/A-18 Hornets to conduct "manned reconnaissance" of the estimated nine ships in the Iranian convoy.

The movements escalate a standoff in the waters off Yemen, even as the U.S. and other world powers are trying to hammer out a diplomatic deal with Iran on its nuclear program. Already, the U.S. and its allies are engaged in a proxy war of sorts with Iran, backing a coalition trying to beat back the Houthi fighters as Iran allegedly provides support to those rebels.

Navy officials confirmed Monday that the USS Theodore Roosevelt -- along with her escort ship, the USS Normandy, a guided-missile cruiser -- had been dispatched to the Arabian Sea to help enforce a blockade of any Iranian weapons shipments to Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The Iranian convoy consists of a mix of freighters, suspected of carrying those weapons, and warships.

The convoy is about to cross over from waters off the coast of Oman to those off the coast of Yemen, in the Arabian Sea. The Iranian convoy is steaming toward an unknown port in Yemen.

The Iranian Navy ships are characterized as "smaller than destroyers," according to a Pentagon official with knowledge of the convoy. Asked what type of weapons the freighters are carrying, one Pentagon official said, "they are bigger than small arms."

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TOPICS: Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; iran; israel; lebanon; oldnews; syria; usaircraft; usnavy; ussnormandy; usstheodoreroosevelt; yemen
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1 posted on 04/21/2015 9:57:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

This will give the Iranians an opportunity to shoot at a real aircraft carrier, rather than just a mock-up as they recently did.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/iran-destroys-mock-aircraft-carrier-naval-drills-150225152111322.html


2 posted on 04/21/2015 9:58:51 AM PDT by Smedley (It's a sad day for American capitalism when a man can't fly a midget on a kite over Central Park)
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To: SeekAndFind

Let the games begin!......................


3 posted on 04/21/2015 10:00:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: SeekAndFind

Giving the Iranian’s Safe Harbor, I presume.

Besides, the Teddy Roosevelt is fairly large... but presumably, the $50B taqiyya... er.. payoff er... whatever is according to Iranian demands - small unmarked bills, requiring a big boat for delivery.


4 posted on 04/21/2015 10:01:01 AM PDT by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: SeekAndFind

How many subs are shadowing the shadowers?

And how subs many are shadowing the shadowers of the shadowers?


5 posted on 04/21/2015 10:03:26 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: SeekAndFind

You inform the harbormaster that if those freighters are delivering arms, the subsequent explosion will put an end to the port.


6 posted on 04/21/2015 10:04:03 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: SeekAndFind
If this develops into a conflict it may not just be around Yemen. Hope they have planned for that.

But gether done.

7 posted on 04/21/2015 10:05:08 AM PDT by McGruff (Maybe my comments are too nuanced for some.)
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And how subs many are shadowing the shadowers of the shadowers?

Only the Shadow knows.

Anyway, without our protection, the Saudis would probably sink the Iranian convoy. This will probably assure them safe passage.

8 posted on 04/21/2015 10:06:59 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama’s naval escort of Nuclear material shipping to Iran? Need to protect the shipment from any possible Israeli airstrikes, you know.


9 posted on 04/21/2015 10:07:18 AM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Cementjungle

You maybe right. I wouldn’t put anything past this administration.


10 posted on 04/21/2015 10:08:38 AM PDT by McGruff (Maybe my comments are too nuanced for some.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If the administration was serious, they would simply say don’t deliver arms. After they did, just have a sub take out the ships with a few Mark 48s. (targets spotted, targets sunk).


11 posted on 04/21/2015 10:08:59 AM PDT by Mouton (The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
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RE: have a sub take out the ships with a few Mark 48s. (targets spotted, targets sunk).

In the middle of a “nuclear deal” (note the quotes) ? Not a chance.


12 posted on 04/21/2015 10:10:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Blood and war in Yemen while Obama give the same people the damned bomb? I think one need remember say Egypt vs Yemen and remember how much blood and treasure lost in that war...or other wars, Yemen..Iran, Saudis, American warships to stop Iran from reinforcing while Obama gives carte blanche to the same mullahs ...makes no %^$ING sense at all.? Good Lord what the hell are our schizophrenic “leaders” doing?


13 posted on 04/21/2015 10:14:33 AM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: SeekAndFind

According to Obama, Iran delivering weapons to Yemen is bad and intercepting them with our navy is perfectly fine. However, if Israel wants to keep weapons from being shipped to Gaza, that’s bad, bad, bad!


14 posted on 04/21/2015 10:17:17 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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To: McGruff
You maybe right. I wouldn’t put anything past this administration.

I can't imagine Obama ever giving the order to sink, shoot at or in any way harm an Iranian ship... I just don't see that happening. But... I can imagine him asking the Saudis to refrain from sinking or shooting at the Iranian ships "in the interest of peace".

I hope I'm wrong, but I do believe that our presence is actually going to make it safer for these ships to reach their destination.

15 posted on 04/21/2015 10:21:29 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: SeekAndFind

LRASM

16 posted on 04/21/2015 10:21:40 AM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: Mouton

You first have to identify they are guilty.


17 posted on 04/21/2015 10:22:04 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Mat_Helm

RE: LRASM

For those not militarily inclined: Long Range Anti-Ship Missile


18 posted on 04/21/2015 10:22:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Cementjungle
Exactly correct. The primary reason for our increased “presence” is to insure that the Saudi’s do not sink the ships in that convoy nor obliterate the arms after being offloaded at their destination.

Obama is a terrorist supporter.

19 posted on 04/21/2015 10:25:09 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: SeekAndFind

What those shadow Hornets are carrying for the Iranians to see!

20 posted on 04/21/2015 10:25:48 AM PDT by Mat_Helm
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