Posted on 04/23/2015 8:49:13 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
A nine-ship Iranian convoy believed to be laden with weapons bound for rebels in Yemen turned around Thursday after being followed by U.S. warships stationed in the area to prevent arms shipments, multiple sources in the Pentagon told Fox News.
The sources said the nine-ship convoy is south of Salalah, Oman, and now headed northeast in the Arabian Sea in the direction of home. The ships, which include seven freighters and two frigates, had sailed southwest along the coast of Yemen heading in the direction of Aden and the entrance to the Red Sea. They appeared to drop anchor in the north Arabian Sea, after the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the USS Normandy and a half-dozen other American ships arrived in the Arabian Sea on Monday, and U.S. officials said that they could intercept the convoy.
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How do you know that Yemen doesn’t need artificial reefs? What are you, some kind of anti environment nut? ;-) Darn, Obama lost a good chance to appeal to his base there.
Many people are not aware that big Pharma companies often have 20% profits, whereas many other industries only have 3 to 7% profits. Also, Google Forbes CEO Salaries to see just how much these guys earn.
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