Deployment of US Carrier to Mideast a Response to 'Iranian Threat' - Shanahan
21:00 06.05.2019
Earlier, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said that the United States is deploying its carrier strike group near Iran to send a message to Tehran.
US Acting Secretary of Defence Patrick Shanahan confirmed via his Twitter that the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln and a bomber task force to the US Central Command region represents a repositioning of assets in response to warnings of a possible attack by Iran.
He added that the United States would hold Iran accountable for "any attack against US forces" or interests in the Gulf region.
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