La connaissance des intentions US vis-\u00e0-vis de l’Iran, — si elles existent d’une fa\u00e7on pr\u00e9cise, — d\u00e9pend plus que jamais du recueil et de la confrontation d’informations diverses. Il est int\u00e9ressant, apr\u00e8s notre nouvelle<\/a> d’hier dans cette rubrique, de voir les remarques qu’on y trouvait sur l’attitude de l’U.S. Navy renforc\u00e9es par une d\u00e9p\u00eache d’AFP (relay\u00e9e par RAW Story<\/a>). Il s’agit de quelques notes d’un reportage du correspondant d’AFP \u00e0 bord du porte-avions USS John C. Stennis<\/em>, le deuxi\u00e8me grand porte-avions d’attaque (classe Nimitz<\/em>, 90.000 tonnes) arriv\u00e9 avec son groupe d’attaque dans le Golfe Persique, apr\u00e8s le groupe du USS Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/em>. (La d\u00e9p\u00eache pr\u00e9cise que le groupe Stennis<\/em>, — Carrier Strike Group Three, — est arriv\u00e9 dans le Golfe d’Oman le 19 f\u00e9vrier, qu’il mouille \u00e0 200 kilom\u00e8tres au large des c\u00f4tes du Pakistan, avec cette pr\u00e9cision suppl\u00e9mentaire et significative : «in what the US Navy says is a mission to provide support for ground forces operating in Afghanistan and Iraq<\/em>»)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Cette d\u00e9p\u00eache est \u00e9tonnante en ce sens qu’elle ne cesse de citer les officiers qui dirigent l’unit\u00e9 (le capitaine de vaisseau Bradley E. Johanson, qui commande le porte-avions, et le contre-amiral Kevin M. Quinn, qui commande le groupe d’attaque Carrier Strike Group Three) dans le sens tr\u00e8s apaisant de l’affirmation d’aucune intention agressive \u00e0 l’encontre de l’Iran. C’est une dialectique quasiment contraire \u00e0 celle des dirigeants politiques («all the options are on the table<\/em>») mais par contre accord\u00e9e \u00e0 celle du secr\u00e9taire \u00e0 la d\u00e9fense Gates (pas question d’attaquer l’Iran), — auquel un des officiers se r\u00e9f\u00e8re nomm\u00e9ment et d’une mani\u00e8re entendue, contrastant sans doute avec ce qu’il aurait pu dire d’un Rumsfeld dans cette circonstance. On y trouve effectivement confirmation des remarques publi\u00e9es hier<\/a> sur l’attitude de l’U.S. Navy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Ce qui est remarquable, c’est l’insistance des officiers \u00e0 mettre en \u00e9vidence que la mission de ce groupe d’attaque est le soutien des forces en Irak et en Afghanistan (jusqu’\u00e0 \u00e9voquer le d\u00e9tail implicite des instructions re\u00e7ues de l’amiraut\u00e9: «We have received very explicit guidance that we will not assume any sort of escalatory posture with Iran<\/em>», selon le commandant du porte-avions; «There was no word in my tasking to come over here that had anything to do with Iran<\/em>», selon le contre-amiral commandant le groupe). Ce qui est encore plus remarquable est l’acc\u00e8s donn\u00e9 aux journalistes sur une unit\u00e9 dans un segment de sa mission aussi sensible, politiquement et m\u00e9diatiquement. Il n’y a aucun doute qu’il y a l\u00e0 une intention politique d’affirmer effectivement une position sp\u00e9cifique de l’U.S. Navy (dans les forces arm\u00e9es US, les contacts directs avec la presse dans ces circonstances sont tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment contr\u00f4l\u00e9s par la force elle-m\u00eame, selon une politique d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9e ; on est donc fond\u00e9 dans ce cas \u00e0 y \u00ab\u00a0lire\u00a0\u00bb un message politique).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Voici quelques extraits significatifs de cette d\u00e9p\u00eache :<\/p>\n<\/p>\n «To the deafening roar of war planes taking off from the nuclear-powered US aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis, US military commanders insist that intimidating Iran is not part of their mission in the region.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n (…)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n »But the carrier’s commanding officer Captain Bradley E. Johanson said the vessel was in the region to reassure Washington’s key oil-rich Arab allies in the Gulf Cooperation Council.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n »\u00ab\u00a0We have received very explicit guidance that we will not assume any sort of escalatory posture with Iran,\u00a0\u00bb Johanson told AFP as an F\/A-18F Super Hornet took off heading north in the direction of Pakistan and Afghanistan.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n »On the flight deck, which is over 300 metres (yards) long, dozens of sailors worked non-stop to prepare for the take-off of the next fighter jet whose engine was roaring in anticipation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n »\u00ab\u00a0No sort of escalatory posture at all with Iran,\u00a0\u00bb Johanson reiterated. \u00ab\u00a0Our mission is not to go and intimidate Iran. Our mission is to go and make the GCC partner-nations comfortable with the security situation.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n (…)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n »\u00ab\u00a0The nice thing about my position is I don’t have to explain what the Secretary of Defence said,\u00a0\u00bb said Rear Admiral Kevin M. Quinn, commander of Carrier Strike Group Three, formed by the Stennis and its battle group.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n »\u00ab\u00a0There was no word in my tasking to come over here that had anything to do with Iran,\u00a0\u00bb he told AFP.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n (…)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n »Quinn said his mission was to support coalition operations in Afghanistan, where the Super Hornets made their first sorties on Friday following a series of exercises.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n »Stennis has about 3,000 sailors, plus 1,800 servicemen deployed exclusively in air operations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n »Quinn however acknowledged that Washington’s decision to dispatch a second carrier sent a message to the Gulf countries that stressed \u00ab\u00a0the commitment that the US has to the security and stability of this entire region.\u00a0\u00bb<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n »\u00ab\u00a0When you have this level of naval force, you are showing resolve and you are showing commitment, and… (that) your country can be counted on,\u00a0\u00bb he added.<\/em>»<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Mis en ligne le 26 f\u00e9vrier 2007 \u00e0 05H31<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" L’U.S. Navy pas fana pour l’Iran… et elle le dit La connaissance des intentions US vis-\u00e0-vis de l’Iran, — si elles existent d’une fa\u00e7on pr\u00e9cise, — d\u00e9pend plus que jamais du recueil et de la confrontation d’informations diverses. 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