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BREAKING: Iranian Regime Intercepts US Destroyer in Strait of Hormuz (VIDEO)
Gateway Pundit ^ | 8/24/16 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 08/24/2016 1:53:50 PM PDT by Nachum

US defense officials confirmed Wednesday the Iranian regime attempted to intercept a US Destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz.

Four Iranian ships harassed and carried out a “high speed intercept” in the strait of Hormuz.

Four Iran Ships "Harassed" US Destroyer, Carried Out "High Speed Intercept" In Strait Of Hormuz https://t.co/V6oXq33T1a

— THE SPARK of LIBERTY (@United_Ignited) August 24, 2016

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: attemptedintercept; bhodod; hormuz; iran; navy; obamasfault; shipmovement; straitofhormuz; usnavy
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To: Nachum

Headline should read “American Destroyer sinks four Iranian ships after being attacked in the Straight of Hormuz. America is committed to ensuring the safety of the high seas.”


101 posted on 08/24/2016 6:44:45 PM PDT by Billyv (Freedom isn't Free! Get off the sidelines!)
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To: Nachum

When Inwas in the Navy (1986-1992) this would not stand!

They hit the Stark and we rebuilt that shio and sent it right back to the persian gulf as a F.U..


102 posted on 08/24/2016 6:49:33 PM PDT by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Trump, effective govt. that will be great for crony "art of the deal" capitalists)
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To: Nachum

Again?


103 posted on 08/24/2016 6:49:51 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: Nachum

I would like to see the Rules of Engagement for the Commanding Officers . . . when can they shoot?


104 posted on 08/24/2016 7:01:11 PM PDT by BAW (It's gunna be Yuge!)
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To: fivecatsandadog
Fix the headline please. I thought we were at war (it should say attempted intercept). Thanks.

Appears to be a feigned intercept attempt...I suspect had the ship sunk one of those boats about a hundred Iranian anti-ship missiles would have been launched from shore...

105 posted on 08/24/2016 7:21:12 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: nikos1121

Well, there’s no need to make an international incident out of it... /s


106 posted on 08/24/2016 7:51:06 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: Karl Spooner

Gutfeld says on there that they have mined the straits of Hormuz.


107 posted on 08/24/2016 7:56:44 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: the OlLine Rebel

They’re more like speedboats. I wondered if they were big enough to carry torpedos, but then a poster pointed out they would just fill the boat with explosives and ram.


108 posted on 08/24/2016 7:59:10 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: TheOldLady

It’s more complicated than that. He’s not a good muslim. I would call him a strong muslim sympathizer. He’s a homo. And he drinks like a fish, publicly. Yet politically, it doesn’t matter, he might as well be. If it walks and quacks...


109 posted on 08/24/2016 8:01:44 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Make America Normal Again)
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To: headstamp 2

Their entire navy comprises what, 150 boats, ships and subs?

My guess is that with very little planning, every sub, every frigate and above could and should be scuttled within a few hours. The balance could be scuttled over the next few days.


110 posted on 08/24/2016 8:06:50 PM PDT by MIA_eccl1212 (10 rounds 10 meters 10 seconds 10 centimetres)
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To: pabianice

Flight IIA. Those are the ones that added the helo hangers. From Oscar Austin DDG-79, on.

Before that, the Flight I and II Burkes, 51-78, had a helo landing deck, but no hanger.


111 posted on 08/24/2016 8:10:27 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Semper Fidelis - Molon Labe - Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: al baby

Yep, saw ship, sank same.


112 posted on 08/24/2016 8:11:33 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (Hillary- Time To Change the Bag...)
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To: upchuck

“further escalation”. Meaning we would buy them more and better boats...self edited.


113 posted on 08/24/2016 8:28:31 PM PDT by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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To: Timpanagos1

And their “intent” was? I’m sure it was not for the ahab survivors to swim ashore.


114 posted on 08/24/2016 8:31:19 PM PDT by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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To: Nachum
In a defiant move, Brack Zer0bama soiled himself.

Joke Biden grabbed a 15-year-old girl's boobies.

And Illary will respond after her 9-day weekend...

115 posted on 08/24/2016 8:35:31 PM PDT by kiryandil (Hillary Clinton is not sophisticated enough to understand the Bill of Rights, either.)
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To: warsaw44

Actually every election this “strutting their stuff” is ore times than not seen and heard.

Iran wants to be seen as the powerful tough guy on the Middle Eastern block... by teasing this US destroyer......they know during a Presidential transfer of power the outgoing President won’t do a thing. So they strut their stuff.

Heck even Russia is trying to fill the gap Obama and Kerry left with Israel and the Palestinians....Putin’s trying now to be the broker....

Turkey invaded Syria today....Erdogan strutting his stuff now too.

All of these players know Obama will sit on his hands so they’re a bit bolder than normally would be this close to voting.


116 posted on 08/24/2016 8:38:31 PM PDT by caww
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To: ichabod1

You got that right, Ichabod1. From day 1, we learned a lot about him, his
homosexuality, his heavy drinking (all very unIslamic), and his contempt
for the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.


117 posted on 08/24/2016 8:38:54 PM PDT by TheOldLady (Pistol-Packin' Elderly Lady -- Don't mess with me.)
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To: pabianice
USS Nitze was launched in 2005. I believe that makes her a Flight II Burke.

That computer controlled forward gun would need just one shot for each Iranian boat.

118 posted on 08/24/2016 9:04:27 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Nachum

They could have been great test targets for a Zumwalt railgun.


119 posted on 08/24/2016 10:34:48 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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To: Nachum

If they did that, why didn’t our destroyer blow them out of the freakin’ water? Have our navy guys lost their will to fight? Or have they had their collective hands tied behind their backs?

I can just imagine the frustration they must feel at being “intercepted’’ by these goons!


120 posted on 08/24/2016 11:52:19 PM PDT by luvie (I love the troops. That is all...)
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