Posted on 01/12/2016 3:42:54 PM PST by Mariner
Iran has taken two small U.S. Navy ships into custody, Pentagon officials said Tuesday, creating a diplomatic scramble just hours before President Obama's State of the Union address.
A senior defense official said two U.S. Navy riverine craft were going from Kuwait to Bahrain when they encountered Iranian military vessels. Ten American sailors were taken into military custody, the official said.
"They ran into some type of an issue, and were picked up by the Iranian craft," the official said, who added the issue is not yet understood.
"Subsequently, U.S. and Iranian government officials have discussed the situation and negotiated their transit," the official said.
"They're being allowed to continue their journey," said the official, who did not want to characterize whether the Americans were being escorted by the Iranian vessels.
"We have received assurances the sailors will promptly be allowed to continue their journey."
A second senior defense official said earlier that the Pentagon had "lost contact" with the U.S. boats and had been in communication with Iranian authorities.
Deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters Tuesday the U.S. is working to resolve the situation so that American personnel are returned to "normal deployment."
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But... Cheese! John Kerry is tweeting about cheese! Everything must be under control and going well.
Never mind that he has relatives loyal to Iran.
Kuwait to Bahrain straight line by air is 257 miles.
Wikipedia syas the the riverine craft have a range of 144 miles.
(Gets up from prayer rug)
Iran snatched them.
bttt surprised so few freepers tracking this
I think a lot of us are. Just not much to say with so little info at this point.
Our President is dumber than a can of dog food.
They’re not ships. They’re boats.
Each SWCC boat is 33ft long, carries a crew of 4 and up to 8 SEALS as passengers.
They have GPS and VHF/HF/UHF/FM Net & SATCOMM.
It would be hard to believe they could not communicate.
Nothing official from Iran.
This could mean the IRG is rogue on this operation and Tehran may not be in control? Certainly there is nothing for the state of Iran to gain militarily or politically.
But, I can see how this could help the Republican Guard domestically.
But they would have been hugging the beach, not 50miles off shore.
False flag???
Per Gateway Pundit:
“BREAKING: Iran Captures- Detains 2 US Ships…
UPDATE: ARRESTS 10 US Sailors – Confiscates Equipment”
I went by the wording of the headline.
I should have realized that The Hill is not made up of seafaring salts of the seven seas.
They did say there was a woman on board, but that could just be another diversion.
When you act like an effeminate P*ssy, the world will treat you like an effeminate P*ssy.
We should have unleashed hell in 1979. Unfortunately we had another P*ssy running the country who was almost as stupid as the current one.
Looks like handy-sized little vessels. Iran: "We better let the sailors go but we have dibs on the boats."
This a**hole is evil.
No. He is a fool who's only qualification is his color. Being "black" is the only reason this incompetent got elected. The thought of a "black" President gave the media and liberal donors Orgasms, and so they pulled out all the stops to cover up what an incompetent jackass he was, and with the help of a bunch of election fraud, managed to declare him the winner.
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