u.s.s. abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf region in response. it will be joined by four b-52 bombers.

u.s.s. abraham lincoln" to the persian gulf and ditional b-52 bombers to counter what the trump administration calls "clear indications" of stilld unspecifreats from iran. sranian media quoted a senior commander of ira revolutionary guard today saying that the presence of u.src ft carriers in the persian gulf is not a threat but an opportunity and that "if the m americans makee we will hit them in the head."ec last nighttary of state mike pompeo said the u.s. is positioning military forces as a "deterrent." >> our aim is not war, our aim is a change in the behavior of the iranian leadership. we hope the iranian people will get what they finally want, and what they so richly deserve. >> sreenivasan: joining us nowas fromngton, d.c. for analysis of the growing tension between the u.s. and iran is

u.s.s. abraham lincoln as well as support ships the carrier was due to dock croatia on wednesday u.s. national security adviser john bolton says it is in response to troubling developments in the region the latest in a series of decisions by the trumpet ministration aimed at increasing pressure on iran gabriel elizondo in washington d.c. what do you bring us up to date with the statement from the white house. yeah a very unusual statement that came in on a sunday evening a little bit before nine pm local time here in washington a statement by national security advisor john bolton as you mentioned short statement but i want to read a few key lines from you mentioned part of it said in response to a number of troubling as torie indications and warnings which are not defined here the united states as you mention is deploying the u.s.s. abraham lincoln battle group aircraft carrier as well as bombers in the statement i'm going to read it directly here it says as they're doing this because two they're sending them to the region to quote to send a clear and unmistakable message to the irani

u.s.s. abraham lincoln strikeforce group puts a kid aircraft carrier plus some. of the ships around it plus some bombers to the middle east region and i want to read part of the statement that's key it says they're being sent to the region to quote unquote send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on the united states interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force statement just goes on to say in part the united states is not seeking war with their reign in regime but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack now there's two key things that need to be brought up here number one is that this particular aircraft carrier the u.s.s. abraham lincoln had already been deployed from the united states in on april april first so it had already been on a deployment and as you mentioned it was supposed to be in croatia may eighth. through eleventh dock there for some normal procedures but it appears that now it's being diverted to the middle east region now it's not unusual for aircraft carriers and battle groups

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and bomber task force to the region but this was a key part of the statement here that i want to read it said and sending it to the region to quote send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on the united states' interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force in quote that was a key part of the statement from john bolton now let's be clear on a couple of things number one is it's not unusual for the united states to send an aircraft carrier like this to the middle east especially to the gulf region as a deterrent to iran that is somewhat normal what is different about this though is that this is not only an aircraft carrier but bombers as well it's a pretty significant strike force here that's being sent and it's also very unusual for the united states and the national security adviser to send out a statement like this telegraphing where they're sending an aircraft carrier and why specific. and bellicose language pointing out in some ways a provoked provocation towards iran basically saying we'

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched u.s. national security adviser john bolton says it is in response to some troubling developments in the region the latest u.s. effort aimed at increasing pressure on iran and u.s. president donald trump is stepping up pressure on china to reach a trade deal he's announced tariff increases on chinese goods trump said tariffs on two hundred billion dollars worth of products will rise to twenty five percent on friday. syrian government forces and their russian allies have launch more attacks on the rebel held province of at least ten people were killed and ninety injured on sunday a volunteer with the whites helmets of rescuers also died this weekend in an airstrike on a village in italy a province which has now been under attack for six days an underground hospital was hit by an airstrike as put out of service at least forty one people have died in russia after a passenger plane caught fire when it made an emergency landing amateur footage captured the moment the plane returned to moscow's s

u.s.s. abraham lincoln to were provide more support. and to really send a message to tell you that the u.s. government is paying attention to town hall and actions across the middle east be it economic be it political be it military actions and that the u.s. is prepared to was stand by its allies and partners across the middle east if it believes that the are being threatened by hans activities and tens of thousands of algerians have returned to the streets for yet another day of protests they want key figures connected to alst of president that is these the flicka to cede power those are the headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next thank you for watching. canada europe save the iran nuclear deal the e.u. says it's committed to the 2015 agreements with world powers but iran says the europeans are submitting to pressure from the united states can a way forward be feigns this is insight story. hello and welcome to the program i'm hala marr here dean european leaders are scrambling to save the iran nuclear deal from collapse

u.s.s. abraham lincoln aircraft carrier group and it's an additional assignment and in fact it has given the u.s.s. abraham lincoln new carrier group an additional assignment which is to was be on guard for any sort of provocative behavior from the military in iran and to be prepared to respond if that is the judgment of the white house the u.s. always has an aircraft carrier strike group in and around the middle east the abraham lincoln was already scheduled to be going through the region anyway as it moved from its home port here on the u.s. east coast to san diego on the u.s. west coast and it basically was going to be circum navigating the globe so all of this is basically the u.s. military vessels in the middle east getting an additional assignment and certainly one of a symbolic show of force to basically remind the leadership in tehran that the u.s. government is not pleased with its political and military engagements around the middle east and as we mentioned last the u.s. had said officials have said that they have detected troubling indications that iran could be preparing a milita

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. china's top trade negotiator says he's cautiously optimistic his country can still reach a trade deal with the united states weiss premier league who are made the commons after the us announced plans to raise tariffs on all remaining chinese imports the new levies targets $300000000000.00 worth of chinese products including consumer electronics that's on top of $200000000000.00 worth of products hit by a 1st round of u.s. terror hikes on friday the increase comes after negotiations between the 2 sides ended without agreement. but there's still some time for washington and beijing to resolve their differences as d.w. is all over solid explains. it was a brief meeting in washington d.c. that ended quickly after it begun with no result but that did not come as a big surprise as the talks already stalled one week ago after the chinese negotiators walked back several parts of the agreement the major sticking points a loss restraining american companies in china and also the question how to

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. for more we're joined by alba is a journalist and researcher based in terror on let's talk 1st about this u.s. military deployment this really does increase the pressure on the iranian government doesn't it what have the response been so far. well in addition to the economic political pressure against iran the americans have been trying to use psychology called warfare against wrong in order to change the calculation into iran and make them to surrender against the united states but. it depends what type of war you're talking about yes there is a war now on economic loosely called legal but if you're talking of our military what are the likelihood of a large depletes that long sitting inside the capital city on the wrong scene smart less likely for that you ran the ins and even the couple of past days behind me is seeing the currency rate meaning dollar has decreased in that country that indicates that there is not much worry in that country about that because that in tehran is that t

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. that for more we're joined by. an independent analyst on the air ron thanks so much for joining us the u.s. claims terror on might be preparing to conduct what it's calling offensive operations against u.s. forces or its interest what evidence is there for this. well that there is the claim that there is evidence for it but there is no information given to the media and i really think at this point we all have to be very cautious not to. try to emphasize is worse is a moment we're still going to keep going to ships into the region happened early april and we are hearing about a new patriot missile battery that goes into the region just a couple i think days or weeks there more of these countries were taken out of the region so there is a lot of check you going on lot of rhetoric to talk to the border to create a situation in which no one is basically concerned about a possible war whereas on the ground it's actually not need be the case ok but up obviously there is there is a military that as of this activity how m

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier that's already there. for more i'm joined now by daniel gallo a middle east analyst welcome to the show the u.s. claims tehran mind be preparing to conduct what it calls offensive operations against u.s. forces or its interests what evidence is there for this there's been a lot of discussions in american media about some media claim that they say that they have sources in the intelligence community that intelligence has been inflated not mischaracterized but inflated by the by the white house look if we want to look at a possible scenario we should probably look back at the history of the middle east 983 when the most deadly attack on u.s. troops in the middle east the most deadly attack on u.s. troops since the 2nd world war that time was conducted in beirut the us marines lost 241 lives in this attack and they blame the new reigning in proxy organization for this so i think the americans are having such a scenario in mind however i think the most dangerous situation is that anyone could conduct such an a

u.s.s. abraham lincoln to provide more support. and to really send a message to tell ron that the u.s. government is paying attention to town hall and actions across the middle east be it to economic be it political be it military actions and that the u.s. is prepared to was stand by its allies and partners across the middle east if it believes that the are being threatened by her han's activities. tens of thousands of algerians have returned to the streets for yet another day of protests against what they call the voting an each they want to keep things as connected to alst of president of the disease beautifully cut to cede power presidential elections are expected in july. well those are the headlines on al-jazeera i'll have the news hour for you in just on the says he minutes 20 years of me continues next tank you for watching. oh. i. know 10. there have been more attacks by shift his cattle ranges from rival tribes. they've killed one of those old a half brothers and 2 uncles. i was around with among the our and the ones that feel good and only good did they get it. didn't go on a

u.s.s. abraham lincoln to provide more support as and to really send a message to teheran that the u.s. government is paying attention to teheran actions across the middle east be it economic be it political be it military actions and that the u.s. is prepared to was stand by its allies and partners across the middle east if it believes that they are being threatened by terror hons activities cuber is being forced to ration food and other basic goods to cope with the shortages it blames partly on expanded u.s. sanctions shop shelves have been increasingly empty with customers waiting in queues for hours when if a product back in stock keeper is also getting less support from venezuela which is dealing with its own economic troubles. hundreds of thousands of algerians who return to the streets for yet another day of protests they want key figures connected to ousted president at the lezzies buthe flicka to cede power presidential elections are expected in july protesters say they want to complete an immediate change. to your stay with headlines got more news coming out paranoid right aft

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue .to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of rate and. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state mike pompey decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame i think jordan to the mix question now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more robust package

u.s.s. abraham lincoln is also heading towards the persian gulf washington announced their deployment days before iran rolled back some of its commitments under the twenty fifty nuclear agreements samus ravi reports from to her on. within the last twenty four hours a fleet of american warships has gone through the sways canal into the red sea and is getting closer and closer to iranian waters to iranian sure the sea but iran's armed forces has been relatively reserved in any sort of show of force or talk of force in response to what is a clear american move against iranian security iranian borders even the supreme leader himself i'll tell the only company has been silent on all matters with regards to the united states since president hussen refining made a statement made an announcement that iran would begin to lessen its cooperation with the twenty fifty nuclear deal but the supreme leader is thoughts on the matter his feelings on the issues are likely to be made known here at the weekly friday prayer sermon the government has also called for an anti american demonstration a protest to follow t

u.s.s. abraham lincoln" aircraft carrier, its battle group are on their way to the middle east near iran's shores. administration officials say it defensive that u.s. intelligence says iran or its proxy forces are planning to attack u.s. troops in the region and the warships are an unmistakable sign of what will happen if they do. >> we have continued to see activity that leads us to believe that there is escalation that may be taking place and so we're taking all the appropriate actions. >> reporter: u.s. fi aircraft carriers are trying not to take what they see as america's bait. iran's foreign minister said the trump administration is looking for war. >> same people that created war with iraq. we have the same gang in the white house. >> reporter: tonight, national security advisor john bolton said the u.s. is not seeking war with iran, but he has repeatedly called for regime change there. president trump's close allies saudi arabia's crowned prince and israel's benjamin netanyahu have both called for a hard line on iran. >> richard joining me now. what does this aircraft carrier group symbol

u.s.s. abraham lincoln an amphibious warship u.s.s. arlington reaching iran's shores suddenly your vision was not mentioned at pm cues perhaps as the b.b.c. told this program and contradicting our israeli guests and one eurovision taking place in israel is not a political event joining me now is he just an activist loci thank you so much for coming back on so we heard from the former mayor of unoccupied. west bank town northwest friends of israel both appear to say the likes of you roger waters will velez who knows lourdes lana del rey elvis costello all of them are all n.z. mates or the question has to be asked in this situation if jimmy carter comes out and says israel is presently an apartheid state if archbishop desmond tutu comes out and says he supports b.d.s. and that was a really vital part of the emancipation of people in south africa if nelson mandela of all people came out and said that their freedom was incomplete without the freedom of the palestinian people is anyone seriously suggesting that jimmy carter is an anti semit

u.s.s. abraham lincoln strike group. the deployment is to send a clear message to the regime is a that any attack on united states interests or allie will be met with unrelenting force adding that the u.s. is not seeking war with the regime but prepared to respond to any attack. >>> thehi w house is in for a major day of deadlines and ecowdowns. a dion is expected to be made about the tax return returns. william barr could face contempt of congress if he doesn't hand over the mueller report. the president reversed course on how he feels about mueller testifying. >> that's right. he reversed course during a a tweet overnight. so here's little bit from what president trum had to say. as recently as last h friday, said that it should be up to the attorney general williamarr as to whether or not robert mueller appears on capitol hill and testifies before lawmakers. but in a tweet overnight,t he presidenpeared to reverse course saying robert mueller should not testify, no redos for the dems. as you can imagine, a lot of democ

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group saying debt employment is to send a clear message to the iranian regime that any attack on the united states interests or allies will be met with unrelenting force. adding the u.s. is not seeking war with the iranian regime but prepared to respond to any attack. >>> the treasury secretary is expected to make a decision about the president's tax mueller report. nbc blaine alexander is following it for us. >> reporter: francis, good morning. he is one of the people we're watching closely to see if mule ler testify. he weighed in on the possibility overnight in a pair of tweets and it's only escalading the growing feud between the white house and democrats on capitol hill. a new week with new deadlines. house democrats demanding attorney general william barr respond to request for a more complete version of the mueller report by this morning. >> we want the information so we can do our work and the oversight our committee is required to do. >> reporter: barr made a redacted version available but democrats want all members to see. >> muestion is why do

ordered the commander of the abraham lincoln and its kompany and vessels to basically be on standby for any sort of provocative actions by the iranian military now on friday the u.s.s. arlington has been ordered to join the abraham lincoln and the other ships is part of its convoy as well as the deployment of a patriot missile battery in order to make certain that if there were any sort of attack on the lincoln carrier strike group that the military would be able to defend itself what this is according to u.s. officials is a show of force to tear on that the u.s. is very closely watching its military and economic and diplomatic activities around the middle east and the u.s. military is there essentially to safeguard the u.s. as national security interests as well as those of the u.s. as partners and allies in the region but this is raising concern particularly here in the united states that the u.s. may be engaged in a game of chicken that it may be actually adding to tensions rather than trying to find a way to discuss with terror on its concerns about terror hons policies and trying to figure out a way to ultimately negotiate a deal that would address iran's nucl

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched national security adviser john bolton says it's in response to what he calls troubling developments in the region why this is a professor at the department of american studies at the here on university he says the latest move by the u.s. could benefit the iranian government. the people hear about a military confrontation so the money that the government spends on iran's military now it's very much justified because the threat of military is dominated by the. republican guards corps which john bolton put this terrorist organizations a few weeks ago and so the support for the military increases in iran we have this analogy is really the flag and that's what's happening in tehran people understand that their own honey administration has been trying to reduce tensions with the new united states that's why we had the nuclear agreement. with the obama administration and the fact that the us got out of the agreement without any reason any serious reason and the fact that they are talking about sending. ships to the persian gulf and talk a

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue . to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of rate and. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state might pump decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame by adding jordan to the mix plus now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more robust package o

u.s.s. abraham lincoln is also heading towards the gulf. friends of the murdered journalist. been warned by the cia that they are potential targets of saudi arabia the report by time magazine says three activists have been given security briefings by the u.s. intelligence agency. with a goal that's counted south africa's governing a.n.c. parties want to go on calls to win the general election but with the low share of vote since the end of the apartheid twenty five years ago those are the headlines more news a half hour with me here on al-jazeera to stay with us. goal thanks. thanks. thanks. thanks. thanks. this is joe born in one thousand nine hundred two in the north of kenya. i set out to follow his life on film when he was just a few months old. this is the story of his first twenty one years. in. the job is a token of their no magic hurting trying to meet. his mother esther is one of his father christopher as to why. the entire family have just left a tux by shift as cultural latest from rival tribes you couldn't name you and only him got on if i got that problem at the

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue . to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of reading. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state might pompey or decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies that they are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame by adding jordan to the mix plus now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more ro

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and its support ships have been dispatched u.s. national security adviser john bolton says it's in response to troubling developments in the region the deployments the latest effort by the u.s. to increase pressure on iran. u.s. president donald trump is stepping up pressure on china to reach a trade deal he's announced tariff increases on chinese goods drum set out of some two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese products will rise to twenty five percent on friday stock markets have reacted nervously with losses in the u.s. hong kong and shanghai. at least forty one people have died in russia after a passenger plane caught fire as it made an emergency landing at a flight flight was forced to return to moscow's sheremetyevo airport soon after takeoff syrian government forces and their russian allies of launched mortar attacks in the rebel held province of idlib at least ten people were killed the ninety were injured on sunday a volunteer with a white helmets rescuers also died this weekend in an airstrike on a village and it le

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched national security advisor john bolton says it's a response to what he called troubling developments in the region resembles robbie has more than. we can point to is comments made by first of all the foreign minister zarif in the recent past foreshadowing something like this during a recent trip to new york he was on a media blitz and he told various american news networks that when tensions are heightened that accidents can take place and no doubt the presence of more american military presence in the region. will likely increase a so-called accident that might happen in and around the waters surrounding the country we also can look to recent comments by the supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei in which he also foreshadowed something like this and let me read to you a statement he made during a speech earlier this month at the beginning of this month to a group of teachers he said that in the face of this battle formation by the united states that iran had to take a battle formation as well and the most important thing to do was t

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and the bomber task force to the middle east in order to quote send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on united states interests or on those of our allies will be met with own relenting force. relenting force you say as opposed to golly gee whiz relenting force we normally reserved for helping allies meanwhile over in the state department could be a was rattling the saber over venezuela's refer.

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support ships have been dispatched national security advisor john bolton says it's in response to what he calls troubling developments in the region find his audience a professor at the department of american studies at teheran university he says the latest move by the united states could actually benefit dave any in government. the people here. the money that the government spends militarily now it's very much justified because the. military is dominated by the. republican guards corps which john bolton put of terrorist organizations a few weeks ago and the support for the military increases in iran we have. the flag and that's what's happening in tehran people understand that their own honey administration has been trying to reduce tensions within the united states that's why we had the nuclear agreement. with the obama administration and the fact that the u.s. got out of the agreement without any reason any serious reason and the fact that they are talking about sending. ships to the persian gulf and talk about. a military confrontation in the city is something t

u.s.s. abraham lincoln and support chips have been dispatched u.s. national security advisor john bolton says it is in response to troubling developments in the region it's the latest effort by the u.s. to increase the pressure on iran at a posse is professor of middle east politics at georgetown university and former president of the national iranian american council he says the u.s. national security advisor is trying to start a war with iran. trump administration have been ratcheting things up from the very moment they got into office i mean ever since trump got into the white house we have seen provocation after provocation in an effort to not only destroy the iran nuclear deal but clearly they're trying to get the iranians to leave the nuclear deal as well because right now the iranians are continuing to abide by the agreement which is part of the reason why the international community remains very sympathetic to iran and not towards a trumpet ministration it seems like they want the iranians to leave the agreements that they can pave the way fo

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue . to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of rate and. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state might pump decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame by adding jordan to the mix plus now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more robust package o

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the middle east in order to quote send a clear and unmistakable message to the iranian regime that any attack on united states interests or on those of our allies will be met with unrelenting force under relenting force you say as opposed to golly gee whiz relenting force we normally reserved for helping allies. meanwhile over in the state department could be a was rattling the saber over venezuela's refusal to allow the united states to decide its leader when asked about his recent visit to the pentagon on friday pompei zero told a.b.c. news chief white house correspondent jonathan karl that he was there to quote make sure that the president has a full scale set of options diplomatic options political options options with our allies and then ultimately a set of options that would involve the use of the u.s. military we're preparing those for him so that when the situation arises we're not flatfooted. when he says not if that's an interesting choice of words there mikey but is there any weight behind these w w e stop polit

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u.s.s. abraham lincoln is now in your area i don't know whether you can see it from from bus or so it does appear to be a little bit more serious than you you're making out i'm sure it's all part of the propaganda the war propaganda to put pressure on our neighboring country iran maybe with. a finger biting game see who will call out 1st but i don't think i mean we have to be very realistic 24 percent of the or war or oil of the world passes through the strait of homeowners. the still asia all the oil installations of saudi arabia qatar. bahrain and so on and so all of the arab states are on the edge of the gulf straight. in front of the iranian firepower to enter such a dialogue such a un force seeing. rises in the middle east with iran will definitely create a nightmare for everybody and not just for iran and iraq i'm sure saudi arabia bahrain other countries that have nothing to do with was going on will be effected drastically so yes the ships are there the frigates are there the airplanes are there but the idea is the will or if the decision to make war is that has that decision been taking

u.s.s. abraham lincoln arriving in the persian gulf going to react problem is you know the american the court and i did in qatar they got naval base in bahrain and now. is going there and their craft carrier is going to. for what. i think there is an attempt from the american to divert attention from the theme here to actually prevent the oil from it in order to be exported and over and you know flowing without any obstruction it is their theme they want to cover their failure also they want to please these you know worried gulf state leaders who are actually financing the american. ventures all over the world from the persian gulf oil do arguably libyan oil and david cameron's war supported by to resume this real middle east i have the west's war in the beresford terrorism in fourteen countries including the united kingdom because the inquest begins on the london bridge terror attacks all of them coming from libya you know this is the problem three thousand of those terrorists actually went to syria and look at leave that out it used to be a stable country it used to be prosperous country ga

u.s.s. abraham lincoln carrier strike group started to move to the gulf we would continue . to call for caution and restraint both in terms of actions and in terms of rate and. the threat from iran is also being used to push through $8000000000.00 in weapon sales to saudi arabia the united arab emirates and jordan normally congress would be given 30 days to approve foreign arm sales but it's already put a hold on earlier sales so secretary of state mike pompeo decided to bypass congress and to clear the seal necessary to bolster regional allies against iran in the statement he said delaying the shipment could cause problems for key partners during a time of increasing regional volatility he says he sees this as a one off event the state department's decision to do this implies that they are very intent on increasing the weapons flow to saudi arabia but they did it within what i think they would argue is politically acceptable frame by adding jordan to the mix plus now of course although it may have been there originally these 3 countries together it's looks like a more robus

u.s.s. abraham lincoln is also heading towards the persian gulf washington announced their deployment days before iran rolled back some of its commitments under the twenty fifteen nuclear agreement zain bus ravi reports from tehran. within the last twenty four hours a fleet of american warships has gone through the sways canal into the red sea and is getting closer and closer to iranian waters to iranian sure the sea but iran's armed forces has been relatively reserved and any sort of show of force or talk of force in response to what is a clear american move against iranian security iranian borders even the supreme leader himself while still not only come in a has been silent on all matters with regard to the united states since president hussen ramana made a statement made an announcement that iran would begin to lessen its cooperation with the twenty fifty nuclear deal but the supreme leader's thoughts on the matter his feelings on the issues are likely to be made known here at the weekly friday prayer sermon the government has also called for an anti american demonstration of protest to follo

u.s.s. abraham lincoln to the persian gulf all the support coming up in today's going on the ground a 1st to britain's old colony of south africa whose apartheid regime was sponsored by both main u.k. parties until the fall of the berlin wall in 1901 the crucial fact of our ongoing anglo-american support for an institutionalized racists nation in africa was perceived strategic power against international communism and while nelson mandela arguably sold south africa out to the i.m.f. .