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UK says may send warships to Hormuz
truther January 25, 2012 0UK Defense Secretary Philip Hammond says Britain could send military reinforcements to the Persian Gulf in the wake of a military confrontation with Iran
Read More »US to send old warship to Persian Gulf
truther January 23, 2012 6US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has vowed to maintain a fleet of eleven warships despite budget pressures, mostly to project sea power against Iran
Read More »Obama’s Secret Letter to Tehran: Is the War against Iran On Hold? “The Road to Tehran Goes through Damascus”
truther January 21, 2012 1In the letter, the White House spelled out the position of the United States, while Iranian officials said it was a sign of things as they really are: the U.S. cannot afford to wage
Read More »The Pentagon Admits An Elite US Commando Team Has Been Deployed Near Iran
truther January 21, 2012 0The SEAL Team that stormed Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound last May put special forces commandos on the map. Without SEAL Team 6's exploits that day, there is little doubt reports of a new commando
Read More »Pentagon ‘prepared’: US set for Operation Iranian Freedom?
truther January 20, 2012 5Washington is prepared to engage in war over the Strait of Hormuz at any moment, the Pentagon says. Some observers say the dangerous move is being viewed as a far from worst-case scenario in
Read More »US, Israel in open rift over Iran: Big joint military drill cancelled
truther January 16, 2012 4US-Israeli discord over action against Iran went into overdrive Sunday, Jan. 15 when the White House called off Austere Challenge 12, the biggest joint war game the US and Israel have every staged, ready
Read More »Iran confirms receiving US Hormuz letter
truther January 16, 2012 1Iran's Foreign Ministry says it has received a US message regarding the Strait of Hormuz via three different channels. “The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran's Ambassador to
Read More »Two US aircraft carriers opposite Iran, 15,000 troops in Kuwait
truther January 14, 2012 5Turkey too has gone back to talking about setting up in northern Syria a Turkish buffer zone for refugees and anti-Assad dissidents. Further fueling the war scare, two helmeted bombers on a motorbike assassinated the
Read More »US aircraft carrier heading Persian Gulf
truther January 12, 2012 3The United States has sent the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf amid mounting tensions in the strategic region
Read More »Iran Decides to Close Hormuz if Oil Exports Blocked
truther January 9, 2012 1Tehran’s leadership has decided to order a blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz if the country’s oil exports are blocked, a senior Revolutionary Guard Commander said as reported by Iranian press
Read More »The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?
truther January 8, 2012 1After years of U.S. threats, Iran is taking steps which suggest that is both willing and capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz. On December 24, 2011 Iran started its Velayat-90 naval drills in
Read More »Strait of Hormuz powder keg: US-Israel to meet Great Prophet?
truther January 8, 2012 3With tensions around the Strait of Hormuz sky-high, Iranian plans to conduct the country's "greatest naval war games” could coincide with joint US-Israeli exercises in the Persian Gulf. With both sides taking positions, could
Read More »Iran tells U.S. not to send aircraft carrier back to gulf after missile test
truther January 4, 2012 0Iran has threatened to take action if a U.S. aircraft carrier returns to the Persian Gulf. The USS John C. Stennis, along with another vessel, left the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz last week
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