Jerusalem post says kuwaiti paper claims the Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan are currently enroute to the gulf... http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1218104233164&pagename=JPArticle%2FShowFull <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="450"></td><td class="bottomline" align="right" valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#c5c8d0"></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="announcement">JPost.com » The Iranian Threat » Article</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table> <!-- BEGIN article content table --> Aug 7, 2008 14:57 | Updated Aug 7, 2008 20:16 '2 US aircraft carriers headed for Gulf' By ADAM GONN, THE MEDIA LINE NEWS AGENCY <!-- BEGIN small JP Tools --> <table class="tbartop" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="padding-right: 10px;" width="210"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td id="tbar1">Print</td><td id="tbar1">Subscribe</td><td id="tbar1last"><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> articleTitle = ' \'2 US aircraft carriers headed for Gulf\' '; showOdiogoReadNowButton ('1002,1003,1005,1004,1006,1484,1560,1561,1562,1563',articleTitle,'0', 290, 55); </script> </td></tr><tr><td id="tbar2"><nobr>E-mail</nobr></td><td id="tbar2">Toolbar</td><td valign="top"></td></tr></tbody></table></td> <script language="JavaScript"> function openShareWindow(site){ var pageURL = escape(window.location.href); var articleTitle = '%272+US+aircraft+carriers+headed+for+Gulf%27'; var articleLeadin = 'Kuwaiti+paper%3A+Kuwait+finalizes+%22emergency+war+plan%22+on+being+told+vessels+were+bound+for+the+region.'; switch (site) { case "Digg": postPopUp('http://digg.com/remote-submit?phase=2&url=' + pageURL + '&title=' + articleTitle + '&bodytext=' + articleLeadin +'', 'digg', 'toolbar=0,status=0,height=450,width=650,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); break; case "Delicious": postPopUp('http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=nyt&noui&jump=close&url=' + pageURL + '&title='+ articleTitle+ '&bodytext='+ articleLeadin+'', 'delicous', 'toolbar=0,status=0,height=450,width=650,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); break; case "Reddit": postPopUp('http://reddit.com/submit/?url=' + pageURL + '&title='+ articleTitle+ '', 'reddit', 'toolbar=0,status=0,height=450,width=650,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); break; case "Facebook": postPopUp('http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=' + pageURL + '&t=' + articleTitle, 'facebook', 'toolbar=0,status=0,height=436,width=646,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); break; case "Newsvine": postPopUp('http://www.newsvine.com/_wine/save?ver=2&popoff=1&u=' + pageURL + '', 'Newsvine', 'toolbar=0,status=0,height=436,width=646,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes'); break; } } function postPopUp(url, name, params) { var win = window.open(url, name,params); } </script> <!-- Shared article on Digg --> <td align="right"> <table class="divdot_vrttbox" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td class="smallTxt grey" align="center">Share article:</td> </tr> <tr> <td> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- digg_bgcolor = 'transparent'; digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_window = 'new'; digg_url =window.location.href; digg_title = decodeURIComponent('%272+US+aircraft+carriers+headed+for+Gulf%27'); digg_bodytext = decodeURIComponent('Kuwaiti+paper%3A+Kuwait+finalizes+%22emergency+war+plan%22+on+being+told+vessels+were+bound+for+the+region.'); // --> </script> <script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bottomline" align="center"> What's this? </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="pad5r" align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table><script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">showInitialOdiogoReadNowFrame ('1002,1003,1005,1004,1006,1484,1560,1561,1562,1563', '0', 290, 0);</script> <!-- END small JP Tools --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- Start Enlarge/Decrease Font Buttons --> <!-- End Enlarge/Decrease Font Buttons --> <!-- Showing the the number of the article's talkbacks --> Talkbacks for this article: 0 <!--INFOLINKS_ON--> Two additional United States naval aircraft carriers are heading to the Gulf and the Red Sea, according to the Kuwaiti newspaper Kuwait Times. <!-- It will play either video as first choice, or first image if there isn't an image --> <!-- Show video --> <!-- get the VideoPlayer Page link --> Russia plays down talks of tougher sanctions against Iran Kuwait began finalizing its "emergency war plan" on being told the vessels were bound for the region. The US Navy would neither confirm nor deny that carriers were en route. US Fifth Fleet Combined Maritime Command located in Bahrain said it could not comment due to what a spokesman termed "force-protection policy." While the Kuwaiti daily did not name the ships it believed were heading for the Middle East, The Media Line's defense analyst said they could be the USS Theodore Roosevelt and the USS Ronald Reagan. RELATED The Media Line
