United States Sends Aircraft Carriers and Bombers to Middle East in "Clear Message" to Iran

Washington:

The United States is sending an aircraft carrier strike group and an operational bomber force to the Middle East in a "clear and unequivocal" message to Iran, said Sunday the National Security Advisor, John Bolton.

"In response to a number of disturbing and escalating warnings and cautions, the US is deploying the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and an operational bomber force in the region." of the US Central Command, "said Bolton in a statement.

The deployment aims to send "a clear and unequivocal message to the Iranian regime that any attack on the interests of the United States or those of our allies will be fought with relentless force," said Bolton.

"The United States does not seek war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, or by the armed forces. regular Iranian ".

The statement does not say precisely why the deployment is taking place now, but it comes during a deadly escalation between Palestinian militants based in Gaza and Israel in which the two sides exchanged a barrage of rocket fire and airstrikes in recent days.

The deployment also comes amid increasing tensions between Washington and Tehran over Tehran's nuclear program, with the United States attacking Iran's enriched uranium exports through sanctions.

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