Posted on 04/20/2015 12:06:19 PM PDT by Enlightened1
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen to beef up security and join other American ships that are prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen.
Navy officials said Monday that the Roosevelt was moving through the Arabian Sea. The U.S. Navy has been beefing up its presence in the Gulf of Aden and the southern Arabian Sea amid reports that a convoy of about eight Iranian ships is heading toward Yemen and possibly carrying arms for the Houthis. Navy officials said there are about nine U.S. warships in the region, including cruisers and destroyers carrying teams that can board and search other vessels.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the ship movement on the record.
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Third thread. The other two are in Breaking News.
Don’t the Iranians have head-start?
Yeah, it feels like I’ve been reading for weeks that Iranian ships are heading towards Yemen. Isn’t it pretty close? What are they doing, circumnavigating the globe to get there?
Kabuki theatre.
Silly me. I thought US ships were going to try to undo the humanitarian crisis caused in Libya by US meddling. But we have priorities, like defending the House of Saud. Could someone tell me again why they’re our allies?
What is Kabuki theatre. Been lurking for years and have seen it hundreds of times. I though it was Japanese porn lol
American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen.
Not if Obama has anything to say about it.
You can be sure the Big Stick will turn around when Obummer finds out. If they don’t they will have orders to not get in the way of the Iranians.
http://www.stripes.com/news/europe/carrier-uss-theodore-roosevelt-enters-europe-on-way-to-middle-east-1.334991
You might be confusing kabuki with kabukicho.
Theatre meant to distract the masses, whilst those in charge steal the treasury.
“Kabuki” is Japanese, but it is not porn. More like bread and circuses.
just looked It up. Hubba hubba! :)
Breaking news here is generally always about Ustinkistan and places like Somalia.
Of course none of those people living in any of these places could give a s**t about the corruption and decline of America. Zip.
...fixed.
It’s probably headed there to hand over all the remaining GTMO prisoners.
Are we sure this isn’t a way for Obama to send more supplies to our enemies?
“........could block Iran weapons, “.......
The key word is “could” but I highly doubt they ever WILL, at least not under odumbo’s watch.
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