US May Send Three More Aircraft Carriers to Target Iraq

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US May Send Three More Aircraft Carriers to Target Iraq

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The United States Navy may send at least three more aircraft carriers to join the two already positioned within striking distance of Iraq in preparation for a possible war, defense officials said on Thursday.

The navy was considering sending the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Kitty Hawk to those areas, butUS Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld had made no decision by Thursday, the officials said.

The USS Theodore Roosevelt, based in Norfolk, Virginia, is conducting training off the east coast of the United States, and the USS Abraham Lincoln is undergoing repairs in Perth, Australia.The USS Kitty Hawk, which is based in Yokosuka, Japan, is the onlyNavy carrier permanently stationed abroad.

The USS Harry S. Truman and the USS Constellation are already positioned in the Mediterranean and in the northern Gulf area.

The USS George Washington, which returned to Norfolk just last month after a six-month deployment, is also available for potential deployment from the east coast.

Each aircraft carrier, with about 70 aircraft aboard, is accompanied by a battle group of destroyers, cruisers and other ships, plus a submarine.

The deployment of aircraft carriers in the Gulf, the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea will make it possible for the US military to attack Iraq from three directions.

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