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Official: US Ship Fires on Boat off Dubai, 1 Dead
AP/ABC ^ | 7/16/2012 | ADAM SCHRECK

Posted on 07/16/2012 9:05:00 AM PDT by mojito

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To: mandaladon

Interesting- the Navy spokesman called it a “small motor vessel” and CNN a “pleasurecraft.” The power of words....


41 posted on 07/16/2012 12:45:59 PM PDT by pops88 (Standing with Breitbart for truth.)
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To: mojito

I live here right on the eastern waterfront in Bahrain. I hope no Iranian missiles start flying through my windows.


42 posted on 07/16/2012 1:32:48 PM PDT by EURASLEEP (Europe is Crashing and They're Asleep at the Wheel)
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To: stuartcr

They were warned. I have not seen many fishermen in 30’ boats with THREE outboards.

I’m sure the muslim in the white hut is warming up the apologies and the cash right now as well as the inquisition and subsequent court martial for our U.S. Navy Captain of the vessel.


43 posted on 07/16/2012 1:47:00 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Half the people are below average, they voted for oblabla.)
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To: mojito

Mess(bull) = Get(horns);


44 posted on 07/16/2012 2:47:55 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Robe

Right, when you get a burst of .50 cal across your bow from a Navy vessel it SHOULD get your undivided attention. We only warn once. GTF away or ELSE.


45 posted on 07/16/2012 5:24:17 PM PDT by halfright (FAST & FURIOUS! DON'T ALLOW THEM TO DIVERT YOUR ATTENTION.)
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To: Mr. K

I swear, that had to be a test of Navy ship defenses. Who ignores 50 cal. shots over their bow?


46 posted on 07/16/2012 6:01:20 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Liberalism is a social disease.)
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To: mojito

Think Gulf of Tonkin.


47 posted on 07/16/2012 6:47:37 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: barmag25
Was the American vessel military or an American flagged commercial vessel?

USNS Rappahanock is a US government owned vessel operated by the Navy's Military Sealift Command, using a combination civilian (civil service) and regular navy crew. The Navy MILDET has a ship security component which mans the ship's defensive weapons which includes a MA2 50-caliber machine gun.

48 posted on 07/16/2012 7:32:10 PM PDT by FDNYRHEROES (It's 3 AM. Let me sleep on it. I'll get back to you in 16 hours.)
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To: Nervous Tick
Not sure those are armed well enough to sink a 30ft boat.

Unless it's a Boston Whaler it's not all that hard. A number of 40 caliber holes right at the water line or just an inch or so lower and the hull will eventually slip beneath the waves unless there is a lot of pump action going. A friend of mine's dad used to carry a Holland & Holland .375 magnum in his 46' sailboat. He called it his engine room gun. It's sold purpose was to either disable the motor or sink the vessel. His Mini14 and plethora of 1911 45's also on board are for captain and crew, as needed.

49 posted on 07/16/2012 10:24:09 PM PDT by ExSoldier (Stand up and be counted... OR LINE UP AND BE NUMBERED...)
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To: mojito

Just one dead? Darn.


50 posted on 07/17/2012 6:40:31 AM PDT by arderkrag (ABOs are Romneybot trolls. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
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To: Nervous Tick

A minority midget lesbian. With a limp. And an adopted blind son who was formerly an anchor baby.


51 posted on 07/17/2012 6:44:19 AM PDT by arderkrag (ABOs are Romneybot trolls. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
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To: EEGator
Oops, I meant Muzzies. I guess reading the whole article before posting helps.

Also might help to not fall all over oneself to quickly gloat over human deaths.

The Indian wounded have been interviewed and they all have Tamil/Hindu names.

52 posted on 07/17/2012 9:34:25 AM PDT by Strategerist
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To: mojito

Looks like a civilian ship, virtually defenseless, does not look like a military ship at all. Interesting.

How do you ignore a fifty caliber burst across your bow? Very odd stuff going on, on the same day Iran bombs a bus load of Jewish tourists in a foreign country.

53 posted on 07/18/2012 1:24:47 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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