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The American Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group joins US build-up opposite Iran

Troops Out | 24.10.2006 16:45

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The American Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group joins US build-up opposite Iran

DEBKAfile reports: The American Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group joins US build-up opposite Iran

October 20, 2006,(DEBKA.COM)

Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group steamed into the Persian Gulf to join the US naval, air and marine concentration piling up opposite Iran’s shores. It consists of the amphibious transport dock USS Nashville, the guided-missile destroyers USS Cole and USS Bulkeley, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, the attack submarine USS Albuquerque, and the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island.

The Iwo Jima group is now cruising 60 km from Kuwait off Iran’s coast. As DEBKAfile and DEBKA-Net-Weekly reported exclusively two weeks ago, three US naval task forces will be in place opposite Iran in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea by October 21. The other two are the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and the USS Enterprise Strike Group.

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  1. o.k. — ermm