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The War In Georgia May Be A Diversion
Massive US Naval Armada Heads For Iran
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9799
by Earl of Stirling
Global Research, August 11, 2008
europebusines.blogspot.com - 2008-08-07
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.
ADDITIONAL UPDATE ~ Georgia calls for US help; Russian Air Force bombs Georgian air bases. DEBKA, the Israeli strategy and military site, states that Israeli military officers are advising the Georgian armed forces in combat operations and that 1,000 Israelis are in-combat on the side of Georgia at this time.
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.
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NOW IS THE TIME! GO USA!
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Have I misunderstood you, are you actually rooting for this major step toward global genocide ?
There is No justifiable reason for all this !
Your article states all these possible dangers from other nations. Well attacking them will surely force these nations to use thier weapons against US.
The Neo-cons are F-cking with the Russians! You better believe they have the ability to bring great pain to our nation. For one thing, they have had decades to prepare weapons caches and infiltrate our nation. You better pray the Russians don't decide to go to full scale war with America. Because millions of US citizens will die long before a single Russian soldier sets foot on American soil. China has done exactly the same thing ! Which means we could expect them to take actions within our borders aswell. Very likely orchistrated to frame the Russians for them to cause further confusion.
No Military man would take the actions of the Neo-cons! It's national suicide!
The only logical explanation for what we have seen go on for the past 7+ years. Is that the Neo-con Traitor's are setting up our nation for a major fall.
The Neo-cons have virtually garanteed that strategic alliances will be formed around the World to stand against America!
Any opportunity for the American people to stop this is fading fast. If we fail to take action, we will pay with everything we have for our foolishness. |
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...Don't pay nef any mind... He's nuts! 
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nefariousenator, your nukin futs; you ain't even a fugged up marine. Your some kinda knucklehead wanna be; god knows you ain't got the sense the Good Lord gave a goose -I am all for Slamin Iran into a
bright idea; BUT THE IDEA IS TO STOP 'EM FROM BURPIN' OUT ANY BRIGHT LIGHTS. All nuances to this pun intended. Your a Marroon...more like Semper Loca. |
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More unreliable speculation from the self-titled (the uncharitable might say bogus) 'Earl' of Stirling's blog. 
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| icewhale wrote: |
More unreliable speculation from the self-titled (the uncharitable might say bogus) 'Earl' of Stirling's blog.
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Hmmm, with the information the public is being fed, ones only choice is reading between the lines and speculation I would think. |
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| Computer_Guy wrote: |
| icewhale wrote: |
More unreliable speculation from the self-titled (the uncharitable might say bogus) 'Earl' of Stirling's blog.
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Hmmm, with the information the public is being fed, ones only choice is reading between the lines and speculation I would think. |
True, that. An information stranglehold doesn't help, that's for sure. |
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HAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! You Liberal chickenchitt freaks!
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| Hmmm, with the information the public is being fed, ones only choice is reading between the lines and speculation I would think. |
Hahaha.
The USA will win out despite you, you traitorus drug-addled commie-loving hippy freaks.
We will fight this battle, and we will win. We will do it on your behalf, because it is you that empowered us. Hahaaaaaaaaaaa! Don't look towards the light suckers, the USA will soon be unloading sunshine on your sorry azzes!
Heaven awaits the sinner. Who's next? Is it you, unbeliever?
Hahaaaaaaaaa!!!
Semper Fidelis. |
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Yeah, I'm as liberal as a kick in the teeth meathead  Why don't you do the human race and the gene pool a favor, and take a handful of whatever it is you are on, or off of. |
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| One thing we are all starting to agree on I'm sure, nefariousenator, you better clean up the act. |
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| conservatives burn from radiation as well as anyone... |
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| conservatives burn from radiation as well as anyone... |
shhhhhh..........conservatives don't think that far.......and the nutty(see example above) never ever think that far.......some secrets are best kept hushed evutch!! |
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I'm saddened that some people actually think the way you do Nefarious.
You're a perfect example or a horrible human being, and you call everyone else sinners? Perhaps you should take a reality check there bud.
I'm almost speechless, you're hoping this goes down? You are ignoring the obvious facts. You will NOT take out every Russian nuclear launching facility they have. Ok? It is not doable. CLEARLY.
Did you know they have 10 000 Nuclear weapons? Gee, that's only 500 less than the US. You think it'll be a battle. There is no fighting involved with Nuclear war, simply because no amount of strength, courage, bravery, discipline etc is going to survive you a nuclear blast of the magnitude we are capable. Plain an' simple, they should have taught you a little something in the military I would think. Do you have any idea how powerful 750kts of TNT is? ONE kiloton is 1000 TONS of dynamite. 750 000 TONS, not pounds, TONS of dynamite equavelant. You're insane and not that good with numbers or reality. Good luck with that nuclear war there buddy. |
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Aw c'mon now, don't cry like that.
No really, get a hold of yourself. Do you really believe these weapons were built never to be used? We have spent countless trillion$ on these weapons and their delivery systems. The intention is that we win. We will. The ball is already in play and you're in for the whole trip. Get with the program or get out of the way. There's only one country that can handle this, and we're stepping up to the plate on behalf of the free people the world over, to make sure they remain free. We will persevere!
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we win?
what does a nut job drain bamaged jar head take for that kind of mental disability?
mustn't be strong enough.. |
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