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Tuesday, March 01, 2011

US moves carrier with fighters and marines to Libyan shores

USS Enterprise (CVN 65)Terming it as a "show of force", US has moved its naval warships and fighter planes into the Mediterranean region as the situation in strife-torn North African nation of Libya plunged to a near civil war.

The move by the navy and air force was described by Pentagon as tools to provide "a full range of options to its leaders".

US officials were tight-lipped about the build-up refusing to divulge details, but media reports quoted officials as saying that it could be seen as a "show of force" to the Gaddafi regime.

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