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Iran Patrol Boats, Drones Shadow CVN-72 Abraham Lincoln As It Passes Through Straits Of Hormuz

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/14/2012 09:27 -0400

The US aircraft carrier Abrham Lincoln, which demonstratively passed through the Straits of Hormuz a month ago just to "test the waters", has now sailed out of the Persian Gulf following a several day stay in the 5th Fleet base in Bahrain. And unlike the previous passage, Iran decided to get up close and personal. As AP reports: "The American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has passed through the Strait of Hormuz, shadowed by Iranian patrol boats. But there were no incidents on Tuesday as the Lincoln’s battle group crossed through the narrow strait, which Iran has threatened to close in retaliation for tighter Western sanctions. Several U.S. choppers flanked the carrier group throughout the voyage from the Gulf. Radar operators also picked up an Iranian drone and surveillance helicopter in Iran’s airspace near the strait, which is jointly controlled by Iran and Oman. The Lincoln entered the Gulf last month amid heightened tensions with Iran. It is scheduled to begin providing aiding the NATO mission in Afghanistan starting Thursday." Which mission would that be: the one where the US has withdrawn from? Luckily, this time no "hacker" managed to take over an Iranian boat and to send a few stray torpedoes in the Lincoln's general direction. Hopefully that continues. Also, it is unclear if the drones shadowing CVN-72 were the same that Iran with China's help, reverse engineered after the US drone fell in the middle of Tehran and did not self-destruct.

And some more from the BBC:

The US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln has sailed through the Strait of Hormuz, close to the coast of Iran, for the second time in recent weeks.

A BBC reporter on board said an Iranian patrol boat at one point came within about half a mile of the carrier.

The vessel was protected by a US cruiser and destroyer. Iranian officials recently threatened to close the channel, through which 20% of the world's oil exports pass, in a row over oil trade embargoes.

The BBC's Jonathan Beale on board the Abraham Lincoln says the US has insisted it will keep the vital shipping lane open. A French warship and UK naval vessels accompanied the aircraft carrier in a journey through the strait last month.

The EU last month banned all oil imports from Iran amid growing concern over Tehran's nuclear programme.

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Wed, 02/15/2012 - 04:59 | 2160908 Disenchanted

Thank you for those reading ideas, I appreciate that. I've bookmarked that website. The Riane Eisler books you mention are in the Bibliography of Not In His Image by John Lamb Lash

One of my favorite reads by a female author was Initiation by Elisabeth Haich, have you heard of that one?

http://www.scribd.com/doc/411641/Elisabeth-Haich-Initiation

More on the paternal 'God' vs. the feminine Sophia from a Q&A at John Lamb Lash's publisher's site regarding Not In His Image:

Is your book title alluding to the masculine possessive ‘His’ versus the feminine Sophia or to the Redeemer Complex idea that we are all striving to shape ourselves in the image of a god who is separate from ourselves? P. 116

JLL: "The “His” refers directly to the paternal father God and off-planet deity, Jehovah. This entity, who was exposed as a false pretender god by the Gnostics, is the key figure in the Palestinian Redeemer Complex. Without him, the Salvationist program simply cannot work. The father god is totally separate from us, yet we are made to believe we are his offspring, made in his image. Sophia, who is a divine power embodied in the earth and represents the living intelligence of the planet, is other than us, but not separate from us. She can be reached, while Jehovah cannot. People insist that their prayers connect them to God, but this is make-believe. We can really connect to the living intelligence of the planet, because part of that intelligence lives in us – the divine germ of nous. If we connect to Sophia, we realize the humility of being an animal who must find its reflection in its habitat, not in an off-planet deity. The contrast is between being made in his image, which is a delusion, the Gnostics said, and owning our humanity through a way of life that reflects our habitat, the realm of Sophia.

Q&A excerpt from: http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/not_in_his_image:paperback/q__a

I've also lately come to appreciate the thoughts and songs of John Trudell. Here he talks about human beings:

John Trudell - An Identity Crisis As Human Beings

http://youtu.be/-IvPGsz-L2U

Here is one of his songs See the Woman:

http://youtu.be/SZAq2EKdP0Y

Wed, 02/15/2012 - 23:32 | 2164695 Cathartes Aura

ahhh, so glad I checked back in - all of your links interest me, and I've saved them for further listening/reading.

John Trudell has been mentioned to me before, and I'm glad to have some time to spend with his work - I'm very drawn to native people's perspectives, particularly when they have reverence for the sacred all around them, the earth and all who live *here*

thanks again, it's always good to meet someone with depth. . .

a parting song for you, hope you enjoy!

Bill Callahan "Too Many Birds"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA_WuldTdA0&feature=related

Tue, 02/14/2012 - 18:39 | 2159549 Tompooz