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Iran accuses 10 American sailors of 'snooping': Crew to be held overnight (tr)
Daily Mail ^

Posted on 01/12/2016 8:07:25 PM PST by TigerClaws

Two U.S. Navy boats have been seized by Iran, with state media accusing the 10 crew on board of 'snooping'.

The Pentagon says it lost contact with two small riverine vessels in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday after they were captured by the Islamic republic's coast guard.

Ten American sailors were on board when one of the boats reportedly suffered mechanical issues and drifted into Iranian waters.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3396419/US-Navy-boats-taken-Iranian-custody-Persian-Gulf.html#ixzz3x5ttgTQh Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 20160112; farsiisland; iranseizesussailors
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Does Jimmy Carter 2 have a hostage crisis on his hands?
1 posted on 01/12/2016 8:07:25 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

We need to grab 20 or so of theirs and let them know that they see their people only if and when we see ours.


2 posted on 01/12/2016 8:08:45 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TigerClaws

My same thoughts. The last time we had an immature, inexperienced, unqualified feckless wimp as president, we had hostages in Iran.


3 posted on 01/12/2016 8:09:04 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: TigerClaws

BIG TIME !


4 posted on 01/12/2016 8:09:11 PM PST by nopardons
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To: TigerClaws

exactly WHO was the USN fleet commander that gave the orders for them not to resist and allow themselves to be captured ???

inquiring minds want to know


5 posted on 01/12/2016 8:09:19 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: TigerClaws

I propose a trade- obama for our Sailors! Hillary for our boats.


6 posted on 01/12/2016 8:09:37 PM PST by matthew fuller (Americans want to win, especially after seven years of a muslim surrender monkey that hates America!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

prob some lesbian captain


7 posted on 01/12/2016 8:10:54 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: TigerClaws

Why do this? Because they can, and it provides a perverse delight of spitting in the reddened eyes of the Great Satan, only to make him blink and blink, disgustingly helpless in his impotent disatifaction.


8 posted on 01/12/2016 8:11:00 PM PST by lee martell
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To: TigerClaws

“America Held Hostage” - Part Deux

Someone alert Ted Koppel.


9 posted on 01/12/2016 8:11:57 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: TigerClaws

How incompetent has the Navy become? No warship anywhere nearby. 200 miles in a riverboat across open water to a party port. The second boat didn’t have a line and take the other into tow?
And they simply went out of comms with no radio call about imminent contact/capture?

Embarrassing. Can anyone imagine sailing up to 2 WWII PT boats and telling them to surrender? Embarrassing.


10 posted on 01/12/2016 8:13:07 PM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble minded asses overthrown,,,")
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To: TigerClaws

Vince Vance & The Valiants - Bomb Iran

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb Iran
Let’s take a stand
Bomb Iran
Our country’s got a feelin’
Really hit the ceilin’, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran

Went to a mosque, gonna throw some rocks
Tell the Ayatollah, “Gonna put you in a box!”
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb Iran
Our country’s got a feelin’
Really hit the ceilin’, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran

Ol’ Uncle Sam’s gettin’ pretty hot
Time to turn Iran into a parking lot
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb Iran
Our country’s got a feelin’
Really hit the ceilin’, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran

Call the volunteers; call the bombadiers;
Call the financiers; better get their *** in gear
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb Iran
Our country’s got a feelin’
Really hit the ceilin’, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran
(Let’s nuke ‘em! Whoo!)

Call on our allies to cut off their supplies
Get our hands untied, and bring em’ back alive
Bomb Iran. Bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb Iran
Our country’s got a feelin’
Really hit the ceilin’, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran

Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb,
Bomb Iran
Let’s take a stand
Bomb Iran
Our people you been stealin’
Now it’s time for “keelin”, bomb Iran
Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran


11 posted on 01/12/2016 8:13:10 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: lee martell

This will ensure that the Guantanamo prisoners are released.


12 posted on 01/12/2016 8:13:21 PM PST by taterjay
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To: lee martell

Hostile territory. Why no backup nearby? I remember the Pueblo. Hung out to dry in 68’.


13 posted on 01/12/2016 8:13:21 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze
"The last time we had an immature, inexperienced, unqualified feckless wimp as president, we had hostages in Iran."

Let's do the Time Warp again!


14 posted on 01/12/2016 8:13:26 PM PST by BlueLancer (Once is happenstance. Twice is circumstance. Three times is enemy action.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

I’m hearing it was a spy mission of some sort. There may have been a firefight as well. It’s all being spun by Obama.

Fox needs to start a HOSTAGE DAY 2 countdown.


15 posted on 01/12/2016 8:14:39 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TBP

Only problem with that is we’d be stuck with the b-stards, ‘cause the Iranians would write them off.


16 posted on 01/12/2016 8:15:04 PM PST by rockinqsranch ((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
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To: TBP

Unfortunately they don’t give a crap about their own, so this wouldn’t work.


17 posted on 01/12/2016 8:15:38 PM PST by doc1019 (Cruz)
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To: TigerClaws

What does overnight mean? It is now daybreak in the Gulf. I am curious as to when this actually happened. How long have they been in Iran’s hands? Anyone know?


18 posted on 01/12/2016 8:15:51 PM PST by cornfedcowboy
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To: Palio di Siena

a Captain cannot command a fleet , it must be a VADM . Who’s in charge over there right now ? Or is this another Valerie Jarrett - Susan Rice call ?


19 posted on 01/12/2016 8:15:57 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: TigerClaws

So one of two heavily armed fast boats broke down and the other one could not tow it out of Iran’s territorial waters? So they drifted along together until captured by the Iranian coast guard. Hmmmm.


20 posted on 01/12/2016 8:17:05 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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