Thursday, 20 May 2010




Obama starts massive US Air-Sea-Marine build-up opposite Iran 
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 20, 2010, 2:20 PM (GMT+02:00) 
Tags:  US-Iran   Aircraft carriers  
USS Truman carrier

A US Carrier Strike Group headed by the Harry S. Truman sails out of Norfolk, Virginia Friday, May 21, as the first element of a new American military buildup in the Middle East, determined by President Barack Obama. It will reach peak level of four-to-five aircraft carriers, most stationed opposite Iranian shores, in late July.
This is reported by DEBKAfile's military sources.

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Is a new US-Russian Cold War brewing?
DEBKAfile DEBKA-Net-Weekly
May 20, 2010, 10:23 AM (GMT+02:00) 

Tags:  Iran nuclear   US-Russia 

Facing up to Moscow's challenge

White House and Kremlin efforts to paper over their mounting discord wore thin under the strain of Iran's nuclear machinations. AsDEBKA-Net-Weeklyreveals in its coming issue out next Friday, the debut of a nascent anti-American "third world" inTehran showed Moscow's fingers secretly pushing the buttons.

Washington is reacting by deploying a large naval-air-marine armada in the Middle East and turning back to Israel. Track these epic trends with our specialists. 

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