Nairobi — Why is a second American carrier battle group headed for the Gulf where it is expected within a month? What could have happened to persuade Washington to dispatch the USS John C Stennis, with its 5,000 sailor-carrying capacity and air wing of 80 tactical aircraft, to the Gulf?
One carrier battle group is reason enough to raise both eyebrows and hackles in this troubled region of the world. But two - the other being the USS Dwight D Eisenhower - points to awesome power being assembled to force some country to toe the American line or be pulverised into submission.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article