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Iran Claims to Have ‘Shooed Away’ a US Warship That Was 7,000 Miles Away in Norfolk at the Time
Cybercast News Service ^ | January 29, 2016 | 4:19 AM EST | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 01/29/2016 11:53:42 AM PST by Olog-hai

A U.S. Navy warship which Iran claims to have chased away from a naval exercise in the Persian Gulf this week was at the time more than 7,000 miles away -- in its home port of Norfolk, Virginia.

Iranian state media have been reporting that an Iranian Navy warship on Wednesday sent a warning to the USS Monterey, which Iran claims was sailing near its annual military exercises near the Strait of Hormuz, and that as a result of the warning the guided missile cruiser "left the region immediately." ...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Virginia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: iran; norfolk; rop; ussmonterey

1 posted on 01/29/2016 11:53:42 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Maybe the Navy has a new propulsion system to speed up passage of its ships?


2 posted on 01/29/2016 11:57:33 AM PST by armydawg505
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To: Olog-hai

D’oh!!!


3 posted on 01/29/2016 11:57:52 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: Olog-hai

Well, you know, those new cruisers can scoot.


4 posted on 01/29/2016 11:57:56 AM PST by lurk
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To: Olog-hai

That says a lot about Iranian intelligence (or lack there-of).


5 posted on 01/29/2016 11:57:59 AM PST by Gunpowder green
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To: Olog-hai

So I lied. That moron John Kerry would have believed it.

6 posted on 01/29/2016 11:59:25 AM PST by McGruff (Boycott Fox News Channel. I am.)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s some pretty good shooing!


7 posted on 01/29/2016 12:09:34 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Olog-hai

Project Rainbow-—disappear in Philadelphia and show up in Norfolk (:})


8 posted on 01/29/2016 12:09:44 PM PST by Ozark Tom
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To: Olog-hai

And making the claim it was too scared to leave port.


9 posted on 01/29/2016 12:10:03 PM PST by SkyDancer ("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
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To: Gunpowder green

One time I was in the PG they called us the Lincoln in their useless warnings over the radio. We all laughed because we were on the much smaller Independence. We had relieved the Lincoln months before.


10 posted on 01/29/2016 12:14:28 PM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: Olog-hai

Did Obama apologize yet?


11 posted on 01/29/2016 12:15:45 PM PST by <1/1,000,000th%
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To: Olog-hai

Proof the Philadelphia Experiment works!


12 posted on 01/29/2016 12:16:45 PM PST by JJ_Folderol (Just my opinion and only worth what you paid for it.)
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To: Olog-hai

Ha haaaaaa! Riiiiiight. As if Iran could just say “shoo” and Obama would just.......wait.....why I laugh?


13 posted on 01/29/2016 12:23:20 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Olog-hai

Sometimes folks just gotta stroke themselves..


14 posted on 01/29/2016 12:26:07 PM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: JJ_Folderol

‘Yes, Mr President. We’re going to transport you half-way around the world in an instant. Activate the mechanism!

Oops....’


15 posted on 01/29/2016 12:26:19 PM PST by onedoug
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16 posted on 01/29/2016 12:58:56 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Free Republic Caucus: vote daily / watch for the thread / Starts 01/20 midnight to midnight EST)
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To: Olog-hai

They need to get their pee pee slapped


17 posted on 01/29/2016 1:10:00 PM PST by Mr. K
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To: armydawg505

The U.S. Navy, in WWII had a “dirty tricks dept.”
I think they have an “unnamed” ship at the dock in Norfolk with a painting crew standing by. With a set of large stencils you could “name” a ship and get the film pretty quick. Definitely in time for the NEWS.


18 posted on 01/29/2016 1:38:43 PM PST by CaptainAmiigaf (New York Times: "We print the news as it fits our views.")
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To: Olog-hai
Of course they can get away with this.
Who is surprised?


19 posted on 01/29/2016 3:09:27 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: Olog-hai

This just proves that Iran also has professional journalists.


20 posted on 01/29/2016 5:01:47 PM PST by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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