US: Sends War Ships to Egyptian Coast !

The USS Kearsarge, carrying 800 troops from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is an amphibious assault ship and the USS Ponce have arrived in the Red Sea, putting them off Egypt’s Coast.

Picture of the USS Kearsarge courtesy of Press TV.

Pentagon officials have emphasized that any military intervention in Egypt was out of the question and that the warships were being moved only for contingency purposes in case evacuations of US citizens became necessary.

The Kearsarge carries approximately 48 helicopters and harrier jets that would permit evacuations and other humanitarian operations, claimed the Pentagon official.

There is no further information on the number of Marines on board the second vessel the USS Ponce, nor any details of military hardware such as aircraft etc.

It appears that the US State department took the decision to send the two War Ships on Friday. Despite State department claims that the vessels are to be used for US citizen evacuations from Egypt.

There are very strong suspicions that the US troops may either be used on the streets in Cairo in some sort of peace keeping role, or that they may be intended to protect the Egyptian side of the border between Egypt and Gaza / Egypt and Israel.





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