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Iran: Warships to pass through Suez (Canceled? Maybe, maybe not)
Ynet ^
| Feb 17, 2011
| Reuters
Posted on 02/17/2011 5:04:52 PM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: egypt; iran; islam; israel; sinkthebastards; suezcanal; waronterror
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.
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posted on
02/17/2011 5:04:58 PM PST
by
Islander7
To: Islander7
The Israelis put out the word that the price for Iranian warship scrap metal is high.
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posted on
02/17/2011 5:08:26 PM PST
by
Enterprise
(TSA - The Silly Agency)
To: Islander7
The Iranians have pulled this maneuver before several times, and have pulled back every last time. But there’s always a first.
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posted on
02/17/2011 5:09:09 PM PST
by
Mr. Mojo
To: Enterprise
Yup, this is called "backing off." But tomorrow is another day in jihadi-a-hole-land.
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...
Thanks Islander7. These ships should have yellow streaks painted their length.
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posted on
02/17/2011 5:49:48 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
To: Islander7
I always enjoy watching scuba divers when they visit new coral reefs.
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posted on
02/17/2011 6:19:46 PM PST
by
DaxtonBrown
(HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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posted on
02/17/2011 6:21:59 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(The 2nd Amendment follows right behind the 1st because some people are hard of hearing.)
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