A White House decision to dispatch an aircraft carrier to send a message to Iran followed “clear indications” that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were preparing to possibly attack U.S. forces in the region, a defense official told the Associated Press.
A small boat sails by the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln moored in Hong Kong in this file photo taken Dec. 23, 2004.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information, said that the Pentagon approved the deployments and that U.S. forces at sea and on land were thought to be the potential targets. The official declined to be more specific.White House national security advisor John Bolton said in a statement Sunday night that the U.S. “is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and a bomber task force to the U.S.
“The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces,” he said.The Abraham Lincoln and its strike group of ships and combat aircraft have been operating in the Mediterranean Sea recently. Last Wednesday, a group of senior Albanian government officials visited aboard the Lincoln as it sailed in the Adriatic.
Speaking to reporters while flying to Europe, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo said the actions undertaken by the U.S. had been in the works for a little while.
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