Posted on 04/28/2015 7:18:35 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Good find!
@joshrogin
COMUSNAVCENT directed the USS Farragut (DDG 99) to proceed at best speed to the nearest location of Maersk Tigris.
Arleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer
http://www.farragut.navy.mil/
Pentagon spokesman says US planes, destroyer USS Farragut responding to Maersk Tigris distress call and are monitoring situation - @Reuters
Is that an app? Kewl.
Call it whatever you like: Pueblo, Liberty, Tehran Embassy - here we go the f*** again...
I have a nephew who is Maritime Academy grad and a 3rd Mate for Maersk. Home country or flag registry does not mean much. They haul for the U.S. military. So I would assume there may be some U.S. citizen officers, if not some crew members. The good news for us is that the nephew is between assignments and is at home right now. The bad news is that his current home is in Baltimore. :-)
Ship manager for Maersk Tigris declines to comment when contacted - @Reuters
US planes and Destroyer USS Farragut responded to distress call from ship in Iran waters - Pentagon
http://news.forexlive.com/!/iran-forces-board-marshall-islands-flagged-boat-—pentagon-20150428
34 GITMO “vacationers” and possibly the blind sheik too.
Zero had made some noise on possibly releasing the blind sheik around the same time Ambassador Stevens ended up dead.
Piracy.
At least five Iranian ships are reported to have intercepted the vessel, which has no US citizens on board. It is thought to be heading towards Larak Island.
US Army Colonel Steve Warren said the cargo ship initially ignored the patrol boats, but complied after the vessels fired several warning shots.
http://news.sky.com/story/1473854/iranian-patrol-boat-fires-on-us-cargo-ship
“The bad news is that his current home is in Baltimore.”
This universe is being run by a Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Master on “super nerd night”, isn’t it.
Ugh.
I’m hoping and praying it is 100 Billion condoms, with instructions for use!
We, the World, don’t need anymore Muzzies!
We have too many now, especially in Washington, DC!
History repeating itself?
As usual, the Obama Admin dissolves into a neurotic mess of different agencies confirming and denying Iran ship seizure.— John Hayward (@Doc_0) April 28, 2015
LOL.
And nary a person within the administration stopping and going “is anyone in charge?”
Pig intestine condoms.
Crying already for this generation of LBJ Tombstones.
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