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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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To: DesertRhino

Well, they might have been spying. I have no idea and am not saying they were. But the story is fishy.


41 posted on 01/12/2016 8:32:11 PM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: pax_et_bonum
wonder what her rating is?
42 posted on 01/12/2016 8:32:35 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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To: cornfedcowboy

That was my question too. When is overnight over?


43 posted on 01/12/2016 8:33:10 PM PST by MarMema
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To: TigerClaws

Special Ops would be deployed by Special Boat Units - no female sailors there - or submarine insertion/extraction and neither would require the use of small boats.

No reason to put boots on the ground - for what? This administration is certainly not at war with Iran. Surveillance/Intel? Better off using drones or satellites - both would see more than any person on the ground or boat on the water and there is little/no risks.

Curious to find out more about this. I know our ships routinely travel from point A to point B in those waters simply to show that we can and make our presence felt. What I can’t figure out is if one boat “broke down” why the other could not take it in tow out of the area. I find it very hard to believe that both boats would run aground, but there have been a few former Naval Captains that have run their ship onto shore - career suicide.


44 posted on 01/12/2016 8:33:26 PM PST by volunbeer
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To: dfwgator

ROFL!!!


45 posted on 01/12/2016 8:34:10 PM PST by MarMema
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“broke down”

“Hmmmm”

the Iranians probably bought some of the Rus emp weapons using the money obama gave them


46 posted on 01/12/2016 8:36:22 PM PST by Selene
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To: volunbeer

As a shallow water boat it might happen more - when you’re ordered to traverse water you think might be too shallow. But that’s what the second boat’s for, right? Iranians caught them with their pants down? We definitely need details.


47 posted on 01/12/2016 8:40:29 PM PST by ichabod1 (Spriiingtime for islam, and tyranny. Winter for US and frieeends. . .)
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To: volunbeer

I don’t want to say they were spying, but they were probably spying. Which really makes it whack a doo that they just sat out there and got caught.


48 posted on 01/12/2016 8:41:07 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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To: TigerClaws
It's very strange TWO boats at the same time would have mechanical problems and float into Iranian waters.

And, it's very strange Obama said nothing of the ten sailors held captive by Iran in his State of the Union speech tonight. The state of the union right now, is, TEN SAILORS ARE BEING HELD BY IRAN. That is the state of the union right this minute.

Could not Obama add one sentence to his speech to let us know he is on top of this and our sailors will be returned today as soon as it is light on that island where they are being held?

49 posted on 01/12/2016 8:43:22 PM PST by Marcella (CRUZ (Prepping can save your life today))
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To: TigerClaws
Just in time for the SOTU- a hostage crisis. Not mention the previous hostages haven't been released. (Are they still alive?)

But hey...We're giving them billions of dollars, and nuclear capability...yipee(/s).

50 posted on 01/12/2016 8:44:22 PM PST by Pajamajan ( Pray for our nation. Thank the Lord for everything you have. Don't wait. Dod- it today.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Again though - the eye of a drone is much more powerful than human eyes from ground level.

You would think any mission this close to waters that Iran claims would be pretty scripted with lots of contingency plans. This almost looks amateurish and the depths of those waters are very well mapped - military GPS is much better than bitching Betty GPS on the dash of my car.

Would guess there is some major puckerage going on right now with Navy brass.


51 posted on 01/12/2016 8:47:02 PM PST by volunbeer
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To: Slambat

That’s what we do if taking their people doesn’t work. You always have to have a next step up.


52 posted on 01/12/2016 8:48:23 PM PST by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: TigerClaws

The results of kneepad foreign policy.


53 posted on 01/12/2016 8:52:15 PM PST by Lurkina.n.Learnin (It's a shame enobama truly doesn't care about any of this. Our country, our future, he doesn't care)
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To: TigerClaws; All

The rumor is now the troops will be handed over at 2 a.m. Not sure what time zone, but that’s the internet word.

Obama wants to beat the newspaper cycle if possible so he doesn’t get HOSTAGE CRISIS DAY 2 headlines...


54 posted on 01/12/2016 9:06:59 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: TigerClaws

It’s a good thing I am not president. I’d get Iran on the phone and explain that my unharmed people would be released within 1 hour or I would begin nuking Iran and I wouldn’t stop until they were living in the stone age or all dead.


55 posted on 01/12/2016 9:27:32 PM PST by Gator113 (Happy New Year!)
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To: TigerClaws

Great news....I hope it works. I would have nuked Iran.


56 posted on 01/12/2016 9:28:55 PM PST by Gator113 (Happy New Year!)
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To: Chode

I don’t know her rank. Just read that one female is in the group.


57 posted on 01/12/2016 9:43:49 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Second rule of spying: if you are caught, go quietly and let the diplomats sort it out.


58 posted on 01/12/2016 9:44:50 PM PST by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“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.”

Certainly odd.


59 posted on 01/12/2016 9:47:50 PM PST by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: TBP

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.>>>> we had em in congress tonight but we let them go.


60 posted on 01/12/2016 9:50:31 PM PST by kvanbrunt2
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