Pentagon: Iranian Warships Didn't Dock in Syria

Arutz Sheva ^ | 21/2/12 | Gavriel Queenann

[Eleutheria5]

The Pentagon on Tuesday disputed reports Iranian warships had docked at a Syrian port over the weekend.

Iran's state-run Press TV said Saturday that an Iranian navy destroyer and a supply ship had docked in the port of Tartus to "provide training to ally Syria's naval forces."

Tartus is located 220 km from the Syrian capital, Damascus.

Reuters reported that the two ships — one destroyer and the other, a supply vessel — were headed back towards the Red Sea via the Suez Canal early on Tuesday.

According to analysts, Iran carefully timed the visit of its warships to follow the previous docking of the Russian aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov.

In Tehran, lawmakers claimed that developments in Syria were uniting Tehran and Moscow, with the open ended possibility of other major players — perhaps China — joining them.

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But Defense Department press secretary George Little said Tuesday the U.S. military saw no indication that the ships docked or delivered any cargo.

Little told reporters the Iranian warships went through the Suez Canal and now appear to be going back through the canal again.

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[Eleutheria5]

Curiouser and curiouser.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I am thinking Google Earth would tell us who is docked where.

[Cementjungle]

They probably docked in San Francisco to accept some sort of award from the Berkley scholars on world peace.

[grey_whiskers]

Did they drop off a tactical nuke, or pick up chemical weapons?

NO cheers, unfortunately.

[Repeat Offender]

They probably docked in San Francisco to accept some sort of award from the Berkley scholars on world peace

Of course; they've been keeping 0's passports, Indonesian school papers, and birth certificate safe......and hence the world at peace.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Eleutheria5.

[BwanaNdege]

“I am thinking Google Earth would tell us who is docked where.”

Google Earth is not “real time”. They use old, static images. They post the dates of all images used by the program.

Hang on a minute and I’ll get the date for the image of that location.

[BwanaNdege]

It appears that the Google Earth imagery for Tartus, Syria is from 3/29/2011.