Leon Panetta, US Secretary of Defense, announced on Saturday, 22 January 2012 that the eight reactors nuclear-powered USS Enterprise was on his way to the Persian Gulf. The aircraft carrier Methuselah built in 1960 will pass through the Strait of Hormuz in March. The USS Abraham Lincoln has already done along with British and French warships, so DEBKAfile v. 23.1.2012 .
Fears about the possibility of a false flag attack in view of ongoing discussions hysterical war an attack on Iran are on loud that it previously was once on another warship, namely the USS Liberty in 1967.
The events of that June 8, 1967 was probably one of the most dangerous highlights of the cold war, a nuclear exchange could be very likely avoided only by accident. (more ...)