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U.S. Warship Challenges China's Claims in South China Sea

Tuesday, May 10, 2016 7:58
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The U.S. Navy sent its third warship in less than seven months into China-claimed waters of the South China Sea as tensions rise ahead of an international court’s ruling on the territorial dispute.

The USS William P. Lawrence, a guided-missile destroyer, on Tuesday sailed within the 12-nautical-mile territorial zone around Fiery Cross Reef, a feature in the Spratly Islands where China has dumped hundreds of thousands of tons of sand and coral to create an island on which it has built an airstrip. The transit was a “freedom-of-navigation” operation by the U.S. military to demonstrate the right to fly and sail through what it considers international waters and airspace …. http://www.bloomberg.com



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  • What business is it of America’s? China and the other nations are working things out and do not need US playing international policeman.The whole world can see Obama is just doing this on central bank orders.China and Russia and the BRICS nations is where the future economic power lies.Not in Perpetual War and debt like the satanic US petro dollar system.We the People have had enough of US Hegemony and Terrorism.

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