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US carrier passes through Strait of Hormuz without response
Jan 23, 2012, 3:35 GMT
Washington - The US aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln passed through the Strait of Hormuz and entered the Gulf despite threats from Iran, media reports said Monday.
The carrier group was accompanied by British and French warships when it entered the Gulf Sunday, US broadcaster CNN reported.
The United States has two aircraft carriers in the Gulf - the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Carl Vinson - following the redeployment of the USS John Stennis to the Pacific two weeks ago.
Iran had warned the US not to send another carrier into the Gulf.
Tehran has threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, blocking a considerable share of global oil exports, if Western sanctions are imposed on Iranian oil.
The US responded by threatening to use military force.
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