Posted on 01/11/2008 1:03:36 PM PST by NormsRevenge
CAIRO, Egypt - The U.S. Navy said Friday that one of its ships fired warning shots at a small Iranian boat in the Strait of Hormuz in December during one of two serious encounters that month.
The USS Whidbey Island fired the warning shots on Dec. 19 in response to a small Iranian boat that was rapidly approaching it, said a U.S. Navy official.
"One small (Iranian) craft was coming toward it, and it stopped after the Whidbey Island fired warning shots," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
It was the first official confirmation that the United States had fired warning shots in any recent confrontation with Iran in the Gulf.
To bad they were just warning shots.....
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This picture released by the US Navy shows a small craft suspected to be from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy maneuvering near US ships 06 January 2008 in the Strait of Hormuz. The US on Thursday made a formal protest to Tehran over a weekend incident in which Iranian speedboats swarmed around US warships in the Strait of Hormuz, US officials said. (AFP/US Navy-HO)
F**king with a ship full of combat Marines, these clowns really must have a death wish!
Why did they wait until now?
How come Iran didn’t mention it?
“So I took the Shotgun down off the wall and fired two warning shots.......right into his head.” - Roxy Hart
As played by Catherine Zeta Jones
Amadinijahd is trying to goad us into open war
No ever claimed that they were the sharpest knives in the drawer. It is stupidity of congressional proportions.
Curious that they just decided to release this now.
Three weeks later
Indeed. Almost like they’re trying to fuel skepticism. Gosh, even the original report on defenselink.mil used words like “reportedly.” Don’t they believe their own report? They should tell the whole story, to the extent they are willing, right up front.
I hear ya.. GO Navy!
The USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and the USNS Arctic sailing side-by-side in the Gulf. Iran on Thursday aired its own video of an incident in the Strait of Hormuz with US warships, as the US Fifth Fleet raised doubts whether a radioed threat came from Iranian speedboats. (AFP/US Navy-HO/File/Kenneth R. Hendrix)
Too bad the Navy isn't taking a page from the Marine Corps, NO WARNING SHOTS.
I love that phrase. A stupidity of Congressional proportions.
seems odd to me that if you are gonna blow yourself and your boat up,why the life vests ?
I’m just sayin’
I used to say “stpuidity of galactic proportions” until I decided that would insult the galaxy.
OK, they’ve had their worning shots. Next time, aim at the orange life jackets.
What was really going on was the new Iranian Summer Water Ski and Boat Show...
LLS
They should fire a warning shot, and a shot to kill, and not necessarily in that order.
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