US deploys carrier group in ‘message’ to Iran
By DW
12 May 2019 |
4:44 pm
The White House said that sending it's aircraft carrier and a bomber task force to the Middle East was 'clear and unmistakable' message to Tehran that the US was prepared to defend its interests.
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