U.S. aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident

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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia, February 3, 2005. REUTERS-U.S. Navy-Timothy Smith
A general view of an oil dock is seen from a ship at the port of Kalantari in the city of Chabahar, 300km (186 miles) east of the Strait of Hormuz January 17, 2012. REUTERS-Raheb Homavandi

1 of 2. The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails in the Indian Ocean near Indonesia, February 3, 2005.

Credit: Reuters/U.S. Navy/Timothy Smith

WASHINGTON | Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:07pm EST

(Reuters) – A U.S. aircraft carrier sailed through the Strait of Hormuz and into the Gulf without incident on Sunday, a day after Iran backed away from an earlier threat to take action if an American carrier returned to the strategic waterway.

The carrier USS Abraham Lincoln completed a “regular and routine” passage through the strait, a critical gateway for the region’s oil exports, “as previously scheduled and without incident,” said Lieutenant Rebecca Rebarich, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Fifth Fleet.

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One Reply to “U.S. aircraft carrier enters Gulf without incident”

  1. Mmm. Maybe the Iranains remember the bashing they received from the Americans (Reagan) when they attacked them in the same place in 1982!