Sword of Damocles hanging over Iran

A second American aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Persian

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:55:13

By Ismail Salami, Press TV

The USS Abraham Lincoln

On April 29, a second American aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, arrived in the Persian Gulf in what observers see as a tacit declaration of war on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

US officials say it is only a show of force. They say the US Navy plans to withdraw a carrier group, USS Harry S. Truman, from the region. A US Navy spokesman, Jeff Davis, said the USS Abraham Lincoln would overlap with the departing aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman by "no more than a day or two".

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday flatly denied that the US was preparing to start military attacks against Iran. . . . read more