Iran: Warships to pass through Suez (Canceled? Maybe, maybe not)

Ynet ^ | Feb 17, 2011 | Reuters

[Islander7]

The Suez Canal has been told that plans by two Iranian naval ships to cross the waterway were cancelled, an official said on Thursday, removing a potential policy headache for Egypt's new army rulers.

But the Iranian state television said that Egyptian authorities saw "nothing wrong" with the warships passage through the canal.

[Islander7]

The Suez Canal Authority was "informed today about the cancellation of two scheduled trips of two Iranian warships and no new date was set to cross the Suez as part of the southern convoy coming from the Red Sea," an Egyptian canal official, who declined to be named, told Reuters.

[Enterprise]

The Israelis put out the word that the price for Iranian warship scrap metal is high.

[Mr. Mojo]

The Iranians have pulled this maneuver before several times, and have pulled back every last time. But there’s always a first.

[hinckley buzzard]

Yup, this is called "backing off." But tomorrow is another day in jihadi-a-hole-land.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Islander7. These ships should have yellow streaks painted their length.

[DaxtonBrown]

I always enjoy watching scuba divers when they visit new coral reefs.

[SunkenCiv]

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