(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The warship moved towards Bahrain in recent days, with the USS Truman in close proximity as part of its fresh 9 month deployment to the Persian Gulf.
The Nimitz, with a crew of 5,000 sailors, arrived in Bahrain for a five-day port visit.
The deployment came ahead of August 14 celebrations of Bahrain’s independence from the United Kingdom which unleashed a fresh wave of protests against the US-backed regime.
At the US Navy base in Bahrain, where the US Fifth Fleet headquarters is located, US officials said operations were “normal and regular.”
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