US deploys aircraft carrier
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Iran unveiled a new banner over the weekend in Tehran’s Enghelab Square threatening the USS Abraham Lincoln, showing an aircraft carrier strewn with bodies and streaked with blood.
The USS Abraham Lincoln entered CENTCOM waters Monday amid escalating threats from Iran and the potential for a "credible" drone attack on the U.S.
WASHINGTON -- The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and three accompanying warships have arrived in the Middle East, bringing a renewed potential that President Donald Trump could opt to order airstrikes on Iran over its crackdown on protesters.
Iran's president on Tuesday warned US "threats" against the Islamic republic would only cause instability, as a US naval strike group led by an aircraft carrier took up position in Middle Eastern waters.