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先日、空母Abraham Lincolnのペルシャ湾展開を紹介した、 で昨日のDebka、War preparations advance around and in Iran(イラン内外で進む臨戦体勢)October 26, 2010, 10:31 AM The US is building up naval, air force and marine strength around Iranian shores as Barack Obama's aide Dennis Ross reiterates his determination to keep the Islamic Republic from acquiring nuclear arms. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Hizballah and Hamas are also deep in military preparations, fearing a war eruption in weeks or months - as DEBKA-Net-Weekly reveals in its coming issue out Friday with hitherto unpublished disclosures. 上の記事で、下記箇所、Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Iran, Hizballah and Hamas are also deep in military preparations, fearing a war eruption in weeks or months.サウジ/エジプト/イスラエル/イラン/ヒズボラ/ハマスも戦争準備を始めている、その理由が、数週間あるいは数ヶ月以内に起きるであろう戦争を恐れて、これって、開戦が既成事実になっているということか? こちらも追記、 Arabian Sea: Center Of West's 21st Century War Tuesday, 26 October 2010 21:34 抜粋で With USS Lincoln and the USS Truman carrier strike group, there will be three carriers, ten other ships, an attack submarine and as many as 150 military aircraft in the Arabian Sea.リンカーン/トルーマン/(フランスの)ドゴールと言った空母3隻、戦艦10隻、潜水艦1隻、戦闘機150機がアラビア海に展開中、 USS Abraham Lincoln Charles de GaulleThat is in addition to the five warships of the NATO Maritime Group 1 in theater, 14-15 ships with CTF-150 and perhaps dozens more with CTF-151, CFT-152 and CTF-158. A formidable armada covering the sea from one end to the other.(中略)これらはNATOの戦艦5隻、CTFの戦艦15隻に加えてのもの、In the north of the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and into the Persian Gulf, on October 21 the U.S. announced a $60 billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia for advanced fighter jets, helicopters, missiles and other weaponry and equipment," according to a Western news agency "the largest US arms deal ever." [7] 米国は10/21、サウジに600億ドルの武器売却を発表、これは過去最大の売却額、Last month the Financial Times disclosed that Washington plans to sell $123 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and the United Arab Emirates. 先月、FTは、米国がサウジ/クウェート/オマーン/アラブ首長国連邦に1230億ドルの武器売却したことをすっぱ抜いている、This January reports surfaced of White House plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Navy also patrols the Persian Gulf with Standard Missile-3 interceptor missile-equipped warships. [8] On the eastern end of the Arabian Sea, on October 23 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced a $2 billion, five-year military aid package for Pakistan, and President Obama's scheduled visit to India next month is reported to include massive arms deals that will effect the U.S. supplanting Russia as India's main weapons supplier.10/23、ヒラリーはパキスタンに20億ドルの軍事援助(5年間)を発表、また来月、オバマがインドを武器関連で訪問予定、 The monumental expansion of arms sales and the buildup of naval and air power in the Arabian Sea region are unprecedented. They are also alarming to the highest degree. アラビア海近辺諸国への武器売却額がここ最近にない規模となっている、やはり、きな臭いわ、