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The Northerner

(5,040 posts)
Fri Jan 13, 2012, 05:26 PM Jan 2012

US to Occupy Persian Gulf? 'Iran is not a sitting duck!'



The U.S. is sending another escorted aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf, saying it's a routine mission. An escalating verbal conflict between Tehran and Washington has been also made worse by the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist on Wednesday. Karen Kwiatkowski, a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, who worked in the Pentagon and the National Security Agency explained to RT that Western powers are unlikely to invade Iran.
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