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Pentagon Sends 3rd Carrier Battle Group to Persian Gulf

U.S. Carrier Nimitz to Deploy April 2
WASHINGTON -- Nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz will sail April 2 to support U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Navy said, amid a spike in tensions over Iran’s seizure of 15 British marines and sailors. The Nimitz, and its battle group of destroyers and guided-missile cruisers, will relieve the carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, which this week took part in war games exercises in the Gulf with another carrier, USS John C. Stennis. The new battle group will be in position by late April. Full story...

Posted by Editor at March 31, 2007 01:26 PM