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Wednesday, 11 July 2007 |
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U.S. sending new aircraft carrier to the Middle East
'The United States is sending a new aircraft carrier to the Middle East, the U.S. Navy said Tuesday.
The Navy confirmed the departure of nuclear-powered USS Enterprise from it's home port of Norfolk, Virginia, with about 5,500 sailors and marines.
The Enterprise will provide "power to counter the assertive, disruptive and coercive behavior of some countries, as well as support for our soldiers and marines in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Vice Admiral Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff, the commander of the Bahrain-based U.S. 5th Fleet.
Cosgriff did not specify which nations he was alluding to, but the carrier's move came amid heightened tensions with Iran, which lies along the strategic Strait of Hormuz.'
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