Nimitz Carrier Group Returns to Persian Gulf After Drills, in ‘Pre-Planned’ Move Not Related to Iranian Scientist Murder – Report

• Nimitz Carrier Group Returns to Persian Gulf After Drills, in ‘Pre-Planned’ Move Not Related to Iranian Scientist Murder – Report
  by https://www.rt.com/
  A US aircraft carrier and other warships are headed to the Persian Gulf to bolster troop withdrawals in the region, a defense source told CNN, insisting the deployment is unrelated to the recent murder of a top Iranian scientist.
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  The Nimitz carrier strike group – led by the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and backed by several guided-missile destroyers – will soon resume operations in the Persian Gulf region, CNN’s Barbara Starr reported on Friday, citing an anonymous Pentagon official.
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  The ships will provide “combat support and air cover as US troops withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan” by mid-January under orders from President Donald Trump, moving a sizable arsenal into the region just months before he is set to leave office.
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