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Iran vessels in 'high speed intercept' of U.S. ship: defense official
Reuters ^
| Aug 24, 2016
| Idrees Ali
Posted on 08/24/2016 1:48:20 PM PDT by george76
Four vessels from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "harassed" a U.S. destroyer on Tuesday by carrying out a "high speed intercept" in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz ... came within 300 yards of the USS Nitze in an action that was "unsafe and unprofessional."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attemptedintercept; bhodod; hormuz; intercept; iran; iranaggression; navy; obamasfault; shipmovement; straitofhormuz; usnavy; ussnitze
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To: george76
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:36:32 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("You can't fake good kids.")
To: george76
sink them
when they launch missiles against our ships
NUKE THEM
before THEY GET NUKES!
IF CLINTON WINS THEY WILL GET NUKES.
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:38:15 PM PDT
by
TomasUSMC
(FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
To: exit82
EXACTLY......which is what Trump will do.
otoh, if the citizens of this country don’t see the need for war and rather have surrender then.....
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:41:23 PM PDT
by
TomasUSMC
(FIGHT LIKE WW2, WIN LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM.)
To: george76
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:43:53 PM PDT
by
Mat_Helm
To: rigelkentaurus
It’s time to light these ragsheads up with the LaWS laser system.
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:45:50 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: george76
Need a ships captain with his attitude!
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:46:54 PM PDT
by
Mat_Helm
To: george76
Standing order......SHELTER IN PLACE!
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:47:23 PM PDT
by
Toespi
To: george76
I sure hope the ship’s crew is up to date on their diversity training to see them through the boarding and capture process by the Iranians. After all, there are pallets of Obama cash at stake.
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:52:33 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Vote Trump. Defeat the Clinton Crime Syndicate. Reset America.)
To: george76
President Trump will put a stop to this nonsense once and for all.
They had better behave come Jan. 22, 2017
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posted on
08/24/2016 2:59:15 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
To: george76
Classic Reuters ...What does that picture have to do with this story....?
To: buffaloguy
*** “Fire up r2d2 and cut them in half” ***
They would end up more like Chaff or maybe a little puff of splinters
(and that would be the first little r2d2 fart)
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posted on
08/24/2016 3:27:20 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: exit82
**** “Better yet, capture them and demand a $152 billion ransom” ****
That would sure piss off Obama, Kerry and Hillary!
But I would I’d ask for 180.4 Billion
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posted on
08/24/2016 3:30:57 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Idiocracy used to just be a Movie... Live every day as your last...one day you will be right)
To: george76
So are we talking bass boats here or what?
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posted on
08/24/2016 4:15:35 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: george76
So sink it.
Problem solved.
L
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posted on
08/24/2016 4:17:41 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: george76; All
We’re a nation of cowards. Those boats should have been destroyed.
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posted on
08/24/2016 4:36:32 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: rigelkentaurus
“USS Nitze has 2 25mm chain-driven weapons”
Would have been like a chainsaw through butter given the small boats the Iranians were feigning with.
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posted on
08/24/2016 4:39:40 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Vote Against Oppressive Humidity!)
Translation: Iran has four ships to spare...
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posted on
08/24/2016 4:50:32 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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