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False Flag Aircraft Carrier Now In Place

Monday, April 09, 2012 6:48
by Zen Gardner
Would the US military really sacrifice its own to start a war with Iran? Would the US really be complicit in attacks on its own citizens to get into lucrative wars and gain access to precious natural resources?

If this sounds outlandish to you all you have to do is read. And read.

The USS Enterprise that just arrived in the Persian Gulf, nicknamed the "Big E", is scheduled to be decommissioned after this last tour of duty. A very expensive endeavor, especially since this was the very first nuclear powered vessel. It's reminiscent of the old warships left in Pearl Harbor as the newer ones left just prior to the attacks, or the ultra-expensive asbestos removal scheduled for the Twin Towers before their timely demise.

They like to kill many birds with one carefully planned stone if you haven't noticed. They also need something spectacular to jar public opinion and an aircraft carrier can sustain a lot of very visible, dramatic damage without sinking to once again shock the dumbed-down American sheeple. It will also be reminiscent of WW2 which brings up all that subconscious war programming.
What's With the Ships?

It seems there's a propensity for attacking ships to get us into wars. The Spanish-American war began with the sinking of the Maine which turned out not to have been attacked by the Spanish. The Lucitania was deliberately sent into German waters where it was blown up to get the US into WW1. Pearl Harbor was a deliberately provoked and allowed event for WW2, and then the non-existent Gulf of Tonkin incident started the Vietnam conflagration.

Take the US Liberty for example. Israel strafing an unarmed American ship in the Mediterranean to try to start a war with Egypt. Witnessed by hundreds and no one ever brought to justice. Seems the US and Israel like to team up, would you say?

After all, 9/11 has more Mossad and Neocon Zionist fingerprints on it than a toddler puts on a TV screen.

There was also the USS Cole bombing in 2000 that they blamed on some Yemeni fisherman. Anyone taking a look at the damage could see the explosive device had to be extremely sophisticated, many saying it appeared it came from the inside of the hull, not the outside. Surprise surprise.
That brings us to the USS Enterprise.

The video below will give you the scenario. What's amazing and wonderful in spite of the horrific nature of such wickedness is that we're on to them. And it makes a difference.

US Navy deploys 2nd aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf amid Iran tensions

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The U.S. Navy says it has deployed a second aircraft carrier to the Persian Gulf amid rising tensions with Iran over its nuclear program.

Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said on Monday that the deployment of the nuclear-powered USS Enterprise along the Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group marks only the fourth time in the past decade that the Navy has had two aircraft carriers operating at the same time in the region.

The two carriers will support the American military operations in Afghanistan and anti-piracy efforts off Somalia's coast and in the Gulf of Aden.

The warships also patrol the Gulf's strategic oil routes that Iran has threatened to shut down in retaliation for economic sanctions. Source

The gall to say Iran is threatening when the Military Industrial Matrix has done nothing but provoke them! And the brain dead American public sits numbly by swallowing this swill.

Oh karma, you're gonna bite hard.
The Very Possible Real Scenario



Something to Watch Out For

We don't know if and when but this is a very real possibility. It has all the earmarks.

And why do they do it at sea?

Much easier to perform and get away with. How many witnesses will see it coming never mind know who it was? The ones on the ship will possibly be gone. It will probably be on some maneuver by itself or some such thing. With today's technology though an "anonymous" missile with a mini-nuke warhead could take it out. Like the adapted and painted cruise type missile that hit the pentagon it can be made to appear Iranian if they want.

It many not even be a complete sinking but enough to scuttle the ship eventually somewhere there, distributing more nuclear debris to the area.

Don't be cowed by these bastards. Be all over them in exposing and denouncing their perfidy and warning others.

The big lie cannot tolerate the Truth.

Be safe. Love, Zen
www.zengardner.com

Before It's News

US flexes muscles as it sends aircraft carriers to Persian Gulf

The United States sent Iran a message of intent yesterday by despatching two aircraft carriers to the Gulf region just days before the resumption of negotiations over Tehran's nuclear programme.

A file photo of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise Photo: AP

By Adrian Blomfield, Middle East Correspondent
7:33PM BST 09 Apr 2012
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The US navy announced the arrival of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the north Arabian Sea and the USS Enterprise, the world's longest naval vessel, in the Gulf of Aden.

A senior official in President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government threatened in January unspecified action if American aircraft carriers returned to the Persian Gulf, saying: "We are not in the habit of warning more than once".

Although neither ship has entered the Gulf itself, the deployment will be seen as an unmistakable challenge in Tehran ahead of the beginning of negotiations on Saturday, which President Barack Obama has described as Iran's "last chance" to resolve the nuclear impasse through diplomacy.

In recent weeks Iran has been forced to temper its bellicose rhetoric after American and European Union sanctions against the country's central bank and energy sector began to have serious consequences for its already faltering economy.

In an apparent gesture of reconciliation, Iran offered to resume talks with the international community over the future of its nuclear programme, which it continues to insist is purely for peaceful purposes.

Despite strong Israeli misgivings and deep suspicions in the West, Iran's negotiating partners accepted the offer but have outlined a series of initial steps they expect Tehran to take to prove its sincerity.

These include a demand for the closure of Iran's best protected nuclear facility at Fordow and an immediate halt to the refinement of uranium to a concentration of 20 per cent, a level considered a short step away from weapons grade. All stocks of nuclear fuel enriched to 20 per cent must also be shipped abroad, Western diplomats said.
Iran reacted angrily to the demands yesterday, accusing world powers of an act of bad faith by announcing conditions before the talks, which are to be held in Istanbul, had even begun.

"Setting conditions before the meeting means drawing conclusions, which is completely meaningless and none of the parties will accept conditions set before the talks," Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's foreign minister, said.

But in a sign that Iran is willing to give at least the impression of compromise, the country's nuclear chief, Fereydoun Abbasi, said that Tehran was willing to contemplate halting the enrichment of uranium to 20 per cent – but only once it had stockpiled nuclear fuel at that level.

"The job is being carried out based on need," he said. "When the need is met, we will decrease production and it is even possible to completely revert to only 3.5 per cent (levels)."

Western powers are likely to reject the offer, however. Iran has already produced 240lb of uranium enriched to 20 per cent – just under the amount needed to produce one nuclear bomb if refined further – and has announced that it needs to treble that amount.

US flexes muscles as it sends aircraft carriers to Persian Gulf - Telegraph

Enterprise joins Lincoln in waters near Iran

Petros Giannakouris / The Associated Press
A small boat passes in front of the aircraft carrier Enterprise on March 29 off the coast of Faliro, Greece, near Athens.


Staff and wire reports
Posted : Monday Apr 9, 2012 8:25:59 EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Navy said Monday that the carrier Enterprise entered the Persian Gulf region, becoming the second carrier in that area amid ongoing tensions with Iran over its nuclear program.

The Enterprise carrier strike group joins the Abraham Lincoln’s in support of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and anti-piracy efforts off Somalia’s coast and the Gulf of Aden, Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost of the Bahrain-based 5th Fleet told the Associated Press.

Related reading Carrier Enterprise leaves for final deployment (March 12)

The warships also patrol the Gulf’s strategic oil routes that Iran has threatened to shut down in retaliation for economic sanctions.

The deployment of the second aircraft carrier is “routine and not specific to any threat,” Derrick-Frost added. She did say how long the Navy will keep the increased military presence in region.
It’s at least the fifth time the Navy has had two carriers operating in the waters near Iran. The last time was in January, when the Carl Vinson strike group arrived in the area to join the John C. Stennis, which had been operating in the Gulf.

Before then, the carriers were deployed in June 2010, in March 2003 during the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and in February 2007 in support of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Iranian officials have warned the United States to keep its carriers out of the Gulf but have not taken any action against U.S. operations. Pentagon officials have said that U.S. deployments to the Gulf are routine and will continue.

The Enterprise left its homeport of Norfolk, Va., on March 11 en route to the Gulf region. Commissioned in November 1961, the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is now on its last mission and is scheduled to be deactivated following its return later this year.

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Air Force pilots refuse to fly F-22 over safety fears

By Agence France-Presse
Friday, May 4, 2012 21:00 EDT


Topics: air force ♦ Jeremy Gordon ♦ us air force

WASHINGTON — Two F-22 pilots say they have stopped flying the US Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet because of safety fears over the aircraft’s oxygen system, according to a CBS television “60 Minutes” report.

The F-22 Raptor was grounded last year after a spate of incidents with pilots suffering dizzy spells and blackouts in the air. The plane was cleared for flying in September 2011 but engineers are still trying to solve what appears to be a problem with the jet’s oxygen supply.

The pilots, Major Jeremy Gordon and Captain Josh Wilson, told the “60 Minutes” program they stopped flying in January, citing safety concerns over a lack of oxygen.

Asked if he believes the jet is safe, Gordon said: “I’m not comfortable answering that question. I’m not comfortable flying in the F-22 right now,” according to excerpts from the interview, due to be aired on Sunday.

“The onset of (hypoxia) is insidious. Some pilots will go the entire mission, land and not know anything went wrong,” Gordon is quoted as saying.

The two pilots, who both served in the Iraq war, have sought legal protection as “whistleblowers” from a Republican lawmaker from Illinois, Adam Kinzinger.

The pilots were from the Air National Guard, officials said.

The airmen’s dismay over safety will add to the controversy surrounding the aircraft, as some lawmakers and analysts have long questioned the costly plane’s value.

The Air Force declined to comment on the television report but a spokesman said it views safety as a top priority.

“While the F-22 program has encountered challenges, the Air Force remains committed not only to their resolution but also to unparalleled dedication to flight safety,” Lieutenant Colonel John Dorrian told AFP.

After the plane was grounded in May last year, a scientific inquiry could not trace the problem to an engineering fault, he said.

But the Air Force has taken precautions, including adjusting a backup system, “to minimize crew risk,” he said.

The F-22 jet, the most expensive warplane ever built by the Pentagon, is designed mainly for dogfights against rival fighters. The radar-evading planes were never used in the NATO-led air campaign over Libya or the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Air Force has more than 160 F-22 Raptors in its fleet and plans to build a total of 187.

Copyright © 2012 AFP. All rights reserved.

U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons


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F-22 Fighter Pilots Battle Mysterious ‘Raptor Cough’

ABC News
May 9, 2012

As the Air Force searches desperately for the source of a mysterious and potentially deadly oxygen system problem in its $79 billion fleet of F-22 Raptor fighter jets, it is also investigating why the jets’ pilots are coughing so often after missions that the pilots have taken to calling it the “Raptor cough.”

For decades pilots in fighter jets have been contending with temporary fits of coughing after executing extreme maneuvers in the air, due to a known condition called acceleration atelectasis, but an Air Force spokesperson told ABC News that the coughing appears to be more prevalent in F-22 pilots.

And while the current thinking by the Air Force is that the F-22 pilots suffer more bouts of coughing than their counterparts is because the F-22 can fly at more extreme speeds and altitudes, Air Force spokesperson Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis told ABC News that the service has not discounted the possibility that toxins that may have leaked in to the oxygen system could be exacerbating the coughing.

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Dropping Planes, Not Bombs: US Attack on Iran with F-22 Stealth Fighters would be Laughable

Wed, 05/16/2012 - 15:50
by: Dave Lindorff

The Iranian military must be enjoying the latest spectacle of Pentagon waste and bungling.

Only a few weeks ago, the US attempted to ramp up the pressure on Iran by deploying to the Persian Gulf at the Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, just across the gulf from Iran, a squadron of the Air Force’s spanking new and never battle-tested supersonic F-22 stealth fighter-bombers.

Stealth technology would be a key to any US attack on Iran because a central tenet of US imperial war strategy is that US losses have to be kept to a very low number so that the American public will continue shopping and watching American Idol and ignoring the endless wars. Since the Iranians, over the years, have been supplied with sophisticated Russian and Chinese radars and anti-aircraft missiles, a conventional attack could lead to heavy and politically dangerous losses.

The problem is that those F-22 Raptors are duds. They may fly fast, and may even be hard to spot on radar (though that claim has been debunked by many experts), but they have a fatal defect in their life-support system. Pilots who fly them have been having their oxygen supply cut off with disturbing regularity, leading to deaths, crashes and to forced landings by pilots who realized they were getting dopey or losing consciousness.

According to a number of news reports, pilots have been refusing to fly these new airborne coffins. That’s a pretty big deal. Remember, we’re talking about members of the military saying no to superior officers who have ordered them to climb into a cockpit. I would call that a kind of strike, functionally speaking.

Now, if the US were to launch an attack on Iran, refusing to fly would be a more serious matter of course, and so probably few of the pilots in the doomed squadron at Al Dhafra would likely risk court martial by refusing to take off, but this raises the possibility that we could have sophisticated, heavily armed $421-million planes dropping out of the skies all over Iran as they try to reach their assigned targets.

Not a pretty picture for Americans back home, but surely entertaining for Iranians watching from their porches or on their TVs.

The F-22: A $400-million flying coffin built by Lockheed Martin (Pentagon photo)

According to an AP report, War Secretary Leon Panetta has finally acknowledged the F-22’s problems, though two investigations over the past year have failed to find a cause or a fix, and in an “unusual move” for a Secretary has placed flight restrictions on the plane. Under Panetta’s order, the F-22s need to stay close to their base, so they can be landed in a hurry if the pilot senses problems with his air supply. That could definitely make conducting a run of several hundred miles to some Iranian target area a challenge.

Of course, maybe the shifting of that squadron of flawed planes to the Persian Gulf was really just a bluff anyway. Why on earth would President Obama and his generals and his war secretary want to kick off a war using a bunch of untested weapons with a known history for killing their pilots and falling out of the sky on routine training missions?

Maybe that “combat” deployment all has more to do with winning votes from the workers at Lockheed Martin locations (makers of this flying white elephant) than with scaring the Iranians

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National Security Threat: Over 1 Million Counterfeit Chinese Parts Discovered In Defense Department Supply Chain

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While America’s surveillance infrastructure turns inwards to identify domestic terror threats to the homeland such as those people who have guns, ammunition, food reserves or pay cash for their purchases, a shocking new report from Congress suggests that legitimate national security threats from foreign governments have been all but ignored by those agencies tasked with providing for the defense of the American people.
The year long investigation by the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services found that counterfeit parts from our nation’s largest financial benefactor are flooding into critical military defense systems that include everything from special operations helicopters and surveillance planes, to missile guidance and global positioning systems.

[The report] found a total number of suspect counterfeit parts involved in those 1,800 cases exceeding 1 million.

“Our report outlines how this flood of counterfeit parts, overwhelmingly from China, threatens national security, the safety of our troops and American jobs,” Levin said. “It underscores China’s failure to police the blatant market in counterfeit parts – a failure China should rectify.”

“Our committee’s report makes it abundantly clear that vulnerabilities throughout the defense supply chain allow counterfeit electronic parts to infiltrate critical U.S. military systems, risking our security and the lives of the men and women who protect it,” said McCain. “As directed by last year’s Defense Authorization bill, the Department of Defense and its contractors must attack this problem more aggressively, particularly since counterfeiters are becoming better at shielding their dangerous fakes from detection.”

The investigation’s findings point to China as the dominant source of counterfeit electronic parts and the Committee concluded that the Chinese government has failed to take steps to stop counterfeiting operations that are carried out openly in that country. The Chinese government denied visas to Committee staff to travel to mainland China as part of the Committee’s investigation.
The Committee’s report includes detailed descriptions of how counterfeits are flooding the supply chain, risking the performance and reliability of critical defense systems.

In just one example described in the report, the U.S. Air Force says that a single electronic parts supplier, Hong Dark Electronic Trade of Shenzhen, China, supplied approximately 84,000 suspect counterfeit electronic parts into the DOD supply chain. Parts from Hong Dark made it into Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) intended for the C-5AMP, C-12, and the Global Hawk. In addition, parts from Hong Dark made it into assemblies intended for the P-3, the Special Operations Force A/MH-6M, and other military equipment, like the Excalibur (an extended range artillery projectile), the Navy Integrated Submarine Imaging System, and the Army Stryker Mobile Gun.

Conclusions:

• China is the dominant source country for counterfeit electronic parts that are infiltrating the defense supply chain.
• The Chinese government has failed to take steps to stop counterfeiting operations that are carried out openly in that country.
• The Department of Defense lacks knowledge of the scope and impact of counterfeit parts on critical defense systems.
• The use of counterfeit electronic parts in defense systems can compromise performance and reliability, risk national security, and endanger the safety of military personnel.
• Permitting contractors to recover costs incurred as a result of their own failure to detect counterfeit electronic parts does not encourage the adoption of aggressive counterfeit avoidance and detection programs.
• The defense industry’s reliance on unvetted independent distributors to supply electronic parts for critical military applications results in unacceptable risks to national security and the safety of U.S. military personnel.
• The defense industry routinely failed to report cases of suspect counterfeit parts, putting the integrity of the defense supply chain at risk.

Full report [pdf]

Do you think Chinese military supply chains have been flooded with counterfeit parts from their suppliers?

This is, by all accounts, a coordinated attack on our national defense infrastructure, and we can say with near certainty that this is part of a complete strategy designed to weaken the United States.
The Chinese government knows very well what’s happening. The fact of the matter is that China is a Communist country, and thus, all Chinese firms operate at the behest of the government, despite what we’re told about their shift towards capitalism.

As we’ve noted before, the Chinese government is and has always been at war with the United States of America. They have infiltrated our internet, gained access to our power and utility infrastructure, and mapped vulnerabilities across the entire country. They are openly stealing our intellectual property – both from the private sector, as well as purportedly secure government systems. Their position as our leading creditor has given them the ability to pull the plug on our currency, as well as our economy, at anytime they so choose. They have flooded our military defense systems with faulty hardware and back-doors that, when activated, may take down essential national security nodes like early warning systems.

The Chinese are master strategists when it comes to war, and for two decades they have been positioning their pieces on the grand chessboard. This latest Congressional report shows just how well they’ve played the game.

Our entire country has been left vulnerable because of backroom deals with defense contractors, a Congressional membership more concerned with re-election than upholding their Constitutional duty, and Executives who have been complicit in the sharing of key technological advancements with a country who is deadset on becoming the world’s next superpower.

We’ve been sold down the river folks and our nation has been left exposed to sworn enemies of liberty.

National Security Threat: Over 1 Million Counterfeit Chinese Parts Discovered In Defense Department Supply Chain