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Five Iranian boats fire shots in the Persian Gulf
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/14/politics/persian-gulf-iranian-boats-shots-fired/index.html ^
| 3-13-2015
| Barbara Starr
Posted on 05/14/2015 6:32:32 AM PDT by tcrlaf
)Five Iranian boats fired shots across the bow of a Singapore flagged cargo vessel in the Persian Gulf on Thursday in an attempt to potentially stop the ship, a U.S. official told CNN. For the first time, the incident brought another Persian Gulf nation into the recent rising maritime tensions in the region.
It is not yet clear if any of the rounds hit the Alpine Eternity. There were no U.S. citizens or cargo on board. The Pentagon is still gathering information about the incident.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Egypt; Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Syria; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alpineeternity; attack; cargo; egypt; iran; iranian; israel; kuwait; persiangulf; saudiarabia; ship; singapore; syria; uae; unitedarabemirates; waronterror; yemen
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Second incident now, after last week. the Alpine Eternity got away by fleeing into UAE waters.
A US Navy ship was 20 miles away, but "Did not get involved" because there wasn't a "Distress call". (Yet, the UAE Coast Guard knew to send 3 cutters to help the ship?)
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posted on
05/14/2015 6:32:32 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
05/14/2015 6:36:36 AM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: tcrlaf
Time to splash some Iranian ships.....
But our Panti’s-in-Chief doesn’t have the balls.....
The straits are definitely in our national strategic interest...
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posted on
05/14/2015 6:39:15 AM PDT
by
nevergore
To: nevergore
We don’t have a defense treaty with Singapore,
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posted on
05/14/2015 6:48:02 AM PDT
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: tcrlaf
That doesn’t matter, we have a president with a pen and a phone, so we can get one done in about 5 minutes.
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posted on
05/14/2015 6:49:53 AM PDT
by
Cyclone59
(Where are we going, and what's with the handbasket?)
To: tcrlaf
Singapore has a pretty good Navy.
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posted on
05/14/2015 6:58:50 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: nevergore
You’ve got it wrong. Nobama is the friend of the Iranians and is all for anything they want to do to stir up shite.
Don’t know if nobama also believes in that camel-jockey prophecy about caliphate or if he’s using the nutty Iranians to aid Soros finances.
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posted on
05/14/2015 7:02:15 AM PDT
by
X-spurt
(CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
To: tcrlaf
Five Iranian boats fired shots . . . Obama has ordered all white bastards of the US Navy out of the Gulf Region, has offered an apology to the Iranians for the white privileged US Navy for being in the Gulf and promises to pay reparations to all Iranians for the white privileged bastards racist activities throughout the Gulf States!
Obama has promised billions in US white privileged bastards tax dollars to the Iranians if they will just allow the US Navy white bastards to leave peacefully!
Obama leads the White-house Administration in prayer praising Allah!
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posted on
05/14/2015 7:02:27 AM PDT
by
paratrooper82
( 82nd ABN DIV. 1/508th BN "Fury from the Sky" Civil war is coming)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
05/14/2015 7:05:18 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Genoa
They are actively expanding their economic ties, alright.
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posted on
05/14/2015 7:30:32 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(IN-SAPORIBVS-SICVT-PVLLVM)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
05/14/2015 7:33:07 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: tcrlaf; mickie; Maine Mariner; flaglady47; pax_et_bonum
Same old Obama rules of engagement.
The enemy can fire at will.
For the American military, there can be no will.
Leni
To: Cyclone59
“That doesnt matter, we have a president with a pen and a phone, so we can get one done in about 5 minutes.”
That’s funny.
To: tcrlaf
They had been escorting commercial shipping but of two recent Iranian incidents interfering with cargo shipping in the area. Wot?
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posted on
05/14/2015 7:50:51 AM PDT
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: tcrlaf
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posted on
05/14/2015 7:59:08 AM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that - Baltimore's Democrat Mayor)
To: tcrlaf
expect to see more of this, and greater aggression by the Iranians.
obama will let them do anything, including fire on an American ship. nothing will cause him to walk away from his legacy treaty with Iran
probably see mines being laid in the gulf next.
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posted on
05/14/2015 8:10:30 AM PDT
by
tm61
(Election 2012: we find it IS possible, to polish a turd.)
To: tcrlaf
Iran is feeling their oats now that they have the leader of the Great Satan bowing to them.
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posted on
05/14/2015 8:42:36 AM PDT
by
GeronL
(NEW ARRIVALS -> 99 cents buy here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/541331)
To: MinuteGal
One sided ROEs are sop under rat presidents.
Ask any sailor who served in a hostile sea under a rat president.
Like the sailors on the Pueblo, Liberty, Cole when they were attacked.
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posted on
05/14/2015 8:48:13 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(When will Sisi, Bibi, King Abdullah & ?, take out Isis in our White House, AG Dept, CIA, & State?)
To: SpinnerWebb; thackney; Genoa; tcrlaf; All
The Iranians seem to be doing a great job of making friends and influencing people. /sarc
To: nevergore
For the life of me, I can not understand why these goathumpers are allowed to run amok. Oh wait, it has something to do with the goathumper in the WH.
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posted on
05/14/2015 10:15:38 AM PDT
by
Rodamala
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