Dunford: Deployment of Lincoln carrier meant to deter Iran
Thursday 09/May/2019 - 01:54 PM

US General Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, has said that the deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier
Strike Group and a bomber task force was intended to deter Iran, according to
abc news.
The intelligence that Iran or its proxies were
planning something against US interests in the Middle East reached senior US
officials on Friday afternoon, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan told
Congress on Wednesday.
The comments from the two senior defense officials
were the first public comments about how new intelligence on Iran’s intentions
led to a decision over the weekend to send the additional military forces to
the Middle East to deter Iran.