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Dunford: Deployment of Lincoln carrier meant to deter Iran

Thursday 09/May/2019 - 01:54 PM
The Reference
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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.

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