US sending warships to Egypt

Linked in the Egypt forum also.



The US is sending warships, including one with 800 troops, and other military assets to Egypt as the revolution in the North African country gains momentum.


Officials in Washington have stated that the move is to be prepared in case of an evacuation of Americans from Egypt.

Pentagon has dismissed widespread assumptions that military intervention in Cairo is being contemplated, asserting that the objective of the deployment is mainly for the evacuation of US citizens in case the situation in Egypt further deteriorates.

Separately, a US aircraft carrier has been asked to abort its mission and stay in the Mediterranean.

The move comes after reports last month that a US Army aviation regiment has been mobilized for deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula to back the Multinational Force and Observers overseeing the Egypt-Israel peace treaty.

Yeah and what followed weeks later was an airstrike campaign on libya by these ''warships''