US Navy ship with 550 Marines on board entering Gulf

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The USS Mesa Verde with 550 Marines on board entered the Gulf on Monday to support possible U.S. action to help Iraq’s government combat terrorism, according to an informed source speaking to IraqiNews.com News Agency.

It is worth mentioning that the USS Mesa Verde joins the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush, which the Pentagon ordered on Saturday to move into the Gulf. President Barack Obama has said he is considering military action, short of putting U.S. troops in Iraq, to aid that government’s efforts to stop the insurgency. 15:28