U.S. Amassing Spy Planes Off Syria, Aircraft Carrier to Arrive in Israel

Amid rising tensions over alleged Syrian preparations for chemical attack, three of the U.S.’s most important spy planes were spotted snooping off Syria’s coast

ed note–before everyone starts jumping to pre-mature conclusions all based upon the ‘TRUMP IS OUT TO START WWIII FOR ISRAEL’S BENEFIT’ as will undoubtedly take place from all the usual characters, keep open the other possibility, which is that those spy planes are there to keep an eye on Israel and to prevent her from such as blowing something up and blaming it on either Syria, Iran, or Russia in order to get that same Armageddon started that she is just itching to see materialize. In fact, in light of this latest development, the question that needs to be asked is whether the whole reason for the WH coming out with its ‘warning’ to Assad concerning the use of chemical weapons was the cover story for bringing the spy planes into the region to keep an eye on Judea, Inc.

Haaretz

The U.S. is amassing intelligence gathering aircraft off Syria, as tensions rise after the White House and Pentagon accused President Bashar Assad of planning another chemical attack.

Three of the most important spy planes in the U.S. inventory have been gathering intelligence off the Syrian coast over the past week, according to plane enthusiasts monitoring air traffic in the region. According to TheAviationist website, two RC-135 aircrafts and a Navy P-8 Poseidon – which can eavesdrop and pinpoint enemy radio and radar signals – have been “snooping” for hours each day. At the same time, chemical weapons activity was taking place at the Syrian Shayrat air base, the Pentagon said, noting that the base was where the Assad regime’s last chemical attack originated.

While those spy planes were around, President Assad was visiting Russian troops and jets at the Hmeymim air base near Latakia, apparently in a show of defiance at U.S. accusations. Syria has denied the allegations that it may be preparing a new chemical attack, insisting again that it has never used such arms.

Meanwhile, the American aircraft carrier the USS George H.W. Bush will be paying a visit to Israel, the first time in 17 years that a U.S. aircraft carrier visited the country. The USS H.W. Bush will arrive on Saturday in Haifa port with a crew of about 5,700 sailors and pilots and about 90 aircraft of various kinds, according to media reports.

The massive naval vessel, which was named after the 41st president of the United States, was deployed to the Persian Gulf to serve as a base from which U.S. fighter aircraft have bombed ISIS targets in Syria, Israel’s Channel 2 noted.

Aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush sails under the International Peace Bridge as it transits the Suez Canal, June 5, 2017

In the 1980s and 1990s, the U.S. Sixth Fleet had a home base in Haifa. The city was eliminated as a port of call in 2000 with the outbreak of the second intifada.

The USS George H.W. Bush is due to spend four days in Israel, the Ynet news website reported, meaning that the American crew will be marking America’s Independence Day in Israel on July 4. Due to its massive size, it is too large to dock in Haifa port itself. As a result, the crew will be brought on shore by ferries. They will then have dozens of buses at their disposal to give them an opportunity to tour the country, Ynet said.