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Dems Will Win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-24-06 10:51 AM
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FOURTH STRIKE GROUP JOINS 3 OTHER ARMADAS OFF IRAN. GET YOUR WAR ON!
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Edited on Tue Oct-24-06 11:16 AM by Dems Will Win
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/24/73123/443

"We have been through spring practice, now the game is on."
- Capt. David Angood, Composite Warfare Commander (CWC) for USS Boxer (LHD 4) Expeditionary Strike Group


This is it folks. As I have warned, history changes on October 31st. It is now apparent that Bush does intend to have our ships sunk in the GUlf by Iran in a last-ditch effort to save himself and the GOP with a short bounce in the polls caused by a New Pearl Harbor. THe USS Boxer Strike Group has now joined the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group and the Eisenhower and Enterprise Carrier Groups off the coast of Iran.

This will create a new neo-con reality as the last week before the election will only be news of World War III.

Warfare Commanders: Ensuring Strike Group Success

ESG 5 is comprised of Boxer, Bunker Hill, USS Dubuque (LPD 8), USS Comstock (LSD 45), USS Benfold (DDG 65), and USS Howard (DDG 83). ESG 5 also includes PHIBRON 5, the 15th MEU, Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WHEC 726) and Canadian Frigate HMCS Ottawa (FFH 341).

The strike group's warfare command is comprised of PHIBRON 5 as Mine Warfare Commander, Maritime Interdiction Commander, Maritime Strike Operations Commander and Amphibious Warfare Commander. The warfare command also includes Howard as Air Defense Commander, Boxer as Information Warfare Commander, Bunker Hill as Sea Combat Commander and the Commanding Officer of the 15th MEU.

The strike group is currently conducting operations in support of the global war on terrorism while transiting to the Persian Gulf.

http://www.emilitary.org/article.php?aid=8125


They have been massing air power and built new air bases all around Iraq:

Despite the misgivings of the military professionals, Joseph Cirincione wrote in the March issue of Foreign Policy that conversations with senior officials in the Pentagon and the White House had convinced him that the decision for war had already been made.

The Washington Post has reported that at least since March, large teams have been working on invasion plans in the Pentagon and the intelligence agencies, while the Iran "desk" at the State Department has been augmented to task force size. It reports to Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of the vice president, who is assistant secretary of state for the Near East. In the Pentagon, a similar organization has been established under Neoconservative Abram Shulsky.
In addition a new outpost has been set up in Dubai to coordinate plans. On October 2, a powerful naval battle group around the giant aircraft carrier Eisenhower sailed for the Persian Gulf and is due to arrive a week before the November Congressional elections to join a similar battle group led by the aircraft carrier Enterprise. Meanwhile aircraft of the U.S. Air Force are being readied in bases surrounding Iran and in distant locations. These forces could deliver destructive power that would dwarf the aerial assaults on Iraq.

http://www.hnn.us/articles/31051.html


Don't forget how much gathering an Armada like this costs. They are not fooling around with exercises anymore. This is not going to be a drill.

The DailyKOS author points out that stocking up on potassium iodide is a good idea for the inevitable nuclear retaliation to the planned Bushco nuking of the Natanz research facility. The author also notes that World War III would knock any vote-stealing and the election itself off the airwaves...

Please RECOMMEND!! THis may be your last chance to try and stop this by getting the word out BEFORE it happens. Once the shooting starts, it will be too late.



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