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The group will ensure support and coverage with the withdrawal of thousands of US soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan (Twitter)
Washington ordered the US aircraft carrier “USS Nimitz” with its group of warships to return to the Gulf region, but a spokeswoman for the US Navy denied on Saturday that this return is linked to any “threat” after the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist.
Tensions in the region rose dramatically after the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Friday, which no one has claimed yet, but Iran has held Israel, a close ally of the United States, responsible.
The spokeswoman for the US Fifth Fleet, Rebecca Rebaric, told “AFP” that the return of the group of warships on Wednesday, led by the aircraft carrier “USS Nimitz”, which operates with a propulsion system of nuclear propulsion, it is not linked to any “specific threat”.
“There were no specific threats that led to the return of the Nimitz carrier strike group,” it said in a statement.
“Nimitz’s return focuses on Centcom’s ability to remain in a state of readiness and readiness to maintain regional stability and security,” added Rybaric.
The Pentagon previously said the group would provide combat support and air cover with the withdrawal of thousands of US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan in mid-November, on the orders of President Donald Trump.
Two thousand soldiers will be withdrawn from Afghanistan and 500 from Iraq, so the remaining number of deployed soldiers will be around 2,500 in each country.
The fleet led by Nimitz, one of the largest warships in the world, joined Australia, India and Japan in scheduled maneuvers in the Arabian Sea.
The Fifth Fleet’s Twitter account showed images of fighters taking off from Nimitz for sorties on Saturday.
the @We navy It will fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows. 🇺🇸 #ForceToBeReckonedWith
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and Carrier Air Wing 17 conduct flight operations in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 27. pic.twitter.com/EECbQXvW0d
– US Fifth Fleet (@ US5thFleet) November 28, 2020
The carrier group usually consists of a cruiser, a fleet of destroyers, and a squadron of fighter jets.
(Brush from France)
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