US financial sources in Bahrain report American investors in Bahrain advised to pack up business operations and leave

The advice came from officers with US Central Command 5th Fleet HQ at Manama, who spoke of security tension, a hint at an approaching war with Iran. Arab sources report the positioning of a Patriot anti-missile battery in Bahrain this week; they say occupancy at emirate hotels has soared past 90% due mostly to the influx of US military personnel. They also report Western media crews normally employed in military coverage are arriving in packs.

Thursday, March 29, Gen. Khaled al-‘Absi, Bahrain’s chief of air defense operations disclosed that new alarm networks had been installed and air defense systems upgraded to handle chemical, biological and radioactive attacks.

Debka is an Israeli news site with very good links to IDF and Mossad. Some of their past stories have undoubtedly been deliberate disinformation, and this story might also be smoke.

However,

SAN DIEGO -- The USS Nimitz and its support ships will depart San Diego on Monday for the Persian Gulf to join another local aircraft carrier strike group already in the region, military officials said.

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will join the San Diego-based John C. Stennis Strike Group and relieve the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, according to Naval Air Forces Public Affairs.

Military officials said in a statement that the two-carrier presence in the Persian Gulf area is intended to demonstrate the country's "resolve to build regional security and bring long-term stability to the region."

The Nimitz was scheduled to relieve the Eisenhower.

However,

It wasn’t discussed here, but Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah was originally scheduled to visit the US and have a state dinner at the White House with Mr Bu$h. That dinner was canceled earlier this week amid news reports of the king’s terming the Iraq occupation as “illegal.”

The date of King Abdullah’s state dinner? Why, April 17th.