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Thursday, May 9, 2019
US aircraft carrier passes through Suez Canal on way to Gulf amid Iran tensions
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe head of Egypt’s port authority says the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has passed through the Suez Canal on its way to the Persian Gulf amid an escalation with Iran.
The state MENA news agency quotes Mohab Mameesh, the Suez Canal authority chief, as saying he observed the passage of the carrier through the canal on Thursday morning.
MENA says the director also met the US defense attache in Cairo, Gen. Ralph Groover, who had travelled to the Suez Canal area to check on the status of the US warship.
The White House on Sunday dispatched the aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers to the Persian Gulf. On Wednesday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani threatened Iran could start to enrich its uranium stockpile closer to weapons-grade levels in two months.
— AP
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