From the Pakistan Observer:
http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=33459
Iran ‘detects’ US N-sub as war threat grows
Friday, May 28, 2010, Jamadi-ul-Sani 13, 1431
Akhtar Jamal
Islamabad—Amid threat and fears of a military strike and counter strike the Iranian Naval forces Thursday claimed that they had detected a US nuclear submarine in the Gulf.
The Iranian electronic media, Press TV’s reported that an Iranian patrol on Thursday spotted the nuclear-armed and powered submarine in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Press TV further added that “there are currently 48 logistic and 18 combat US vessels in the Persian Gulf waters, among them the USS-Eisenhower aircraft carrier.”
Meanwhile an Israeli intelligence site has reported that Tehran had placed its navy and Army on high alert following the detection of US nuclear submarine. The site also quoted the “Western intelligence and Naval sources” as confirming that “a nuclear-armed American submarine has in fact entered the Persian Gulf.”
The report added that “Obama administration had decided to boost US military strength in the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions in the short term with an extra air and naval strike forces and 6,000 Marine and sea combatants. Carrier Strike Group 10, headed by the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, was due to sail out of the US Navy base at Norfolk, Virginia Friday, May 21.”
Meanwhile Press TV in a separate dispatch said that Israel had joined forces with Greece to conduct an aerial manoeuvre to practise long-range missions and mid-air fuelling.
Quoting Israeli newspaper Haaretz the report added that the war game condemned “MINOAS 2010”, is carried out at a Greek air base in Souda Bay, on the island of Crete.
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From Iran:
http://www.
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Iran Navy detects US nuke sub in PG
Thu, 27 May 2010 15:43:03 GMT
Iranian naval forces have detected a US nuclear submarine in the Persian Gulf waters, amid growing concerns over the safety of one of the most important energy routes in the world.
An Iranian patrol on Thursday spotted the nuclear-armed and -powered submarine in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which allows the passage of 90 percent of the oil produced by Persian Gulf states to Asia, the US and Western Europe.
There are currently 48 logistic and 18 combat US vessels in the Persian Gulf waters, among them the USS-Eisenhower aircraft carrier.
Experts say aside from the risk of ecologically disastrous accidents, the presence of a nuclear submarine in a narrow waterway also poses a threat of nuclear pollution….
The US is yet to comment on the report.
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