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Title: Iranian boats "provoke" U.S. Navy ships in Hormuz: CNN
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Published: Jan 7, 2008
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Post Date: 2008-01-07 09:07:17 by DeaconBenjamin
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13 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, CNN reported. The CNN report on Monday, citing unidentified U.S. officials, said the Iranian vessels came within 200 yards (meters) of the U.S. ships and that after a threatening radio communication, U.S. sailors manned their ships' guns and were very close to opening fire.
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#1. To: DeaconBenjamin (#0)
US Comes Close To Firing On Iran Ships
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! I heard this news on the radio at the top of the hour. They said the Iranian vessels dumped floating boxes in the path of the US vessels.
There seem to be differing accounts about what happened. Five Iranian speedboats swarmed three US navy ships as they transited the strategic Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, radioing a threat to blow them up, a Pentagon official said Monday. "I'm coming at you and you will blow up in a couple of minutes," the official quoted the radio transmission as saying. from one link above
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Join the Ron Paul Revolution Shades of "the Gulf of Tonkin"...
From DEBKA www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=4915 Pentagon discloses near Iranian-US Navy shooting incident in Strait of Hormuz Sunday January 7, 2008, 5:06 PM (GMT+02:00) US officials report that five Iranian Revolutionary Guards boats harassed and provoked three US Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Sunday, Jan. 6. They turned away just before the US captain gave the order to open fire. The incident occurred shortly before President George W. Bush was due for a tour of the region, including the Gulf emirates and Saudi Arabia. “It was the most serious provocation of this sort that we’ve seen yet,” said the US official. As a US Navy cruiser, destroyer and frigate were transiting the strategic strait on their way into the Persian Gulf, “Five small boats were acting in a very aggressive way, charging the ships, dropping boxes in the water in front of the ships and causing them to take evasive maneuvers,” according to the Pentagon official. “There were no injuries. But there could have been.” The Iranian boats came as close as 200 yards to one of the US ships before turning away “literally at the very moment that the US force was preparing to open fire.” The US official said the Iranians radioed something to the effect that “we’re coming at you and you’ll explode in a couple of minutes.” The Strait of Hormuz is a key route for international oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf.
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To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
All your base are belong to us - was the translation I heard. lol! ('cept this isn't really funny)
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Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! Any word from Tehran on this alleged near 'incident?'
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Debka seems to know more about it than anyone, so I have to assume these were Israelis. Whenever there is mischief-making in that area of the world, it is a pretty safe assumption that the Israelis and/or their neocon and/or their phony hired Arab compatriots are behind it. When I was in Israel, we toured through Druze villages in the Galilee. These are Arabs who are not quite Muslims anymore and can be hired to impersonate genuine Muslim Arabs on behalf of the Zionist cause.
“I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.” - Sam Houston
lol!
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! What will these Muslim militarists think of next ? First, it was Palestinian rocks being leveled at tanks and now these blasted Iranian boxes being floated at our ships. I'm sure the Pentagram is working on it !
"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money ." --- Josiah Stamp
This 'story' is not getting a lot of love on 4.
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Persian Bottles of Mass Destruction
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Join the Ron Paul Revolution Monday January 7, 10:59 am ET NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street pulled back Monday after the Bush administration warned Iran following an incident involving that country's forces and three U.S. Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Stocks had opened higher amid speculation about future interest rate cuts but turned lower after reports of the administration's comments appeared on news services. U.S. forces were on the verge of firing on the Iranian boats in the early Sunday incident, when the boats turned and moved away, a Pentagon official said. The White House on Monday warned it "will confront Iranian behavior" if it threatens the U.S. or its allies. Concerns about fresh tensions in the Middle East was enough to spook investors on a day with few substantive economic or corporate events. Investors had originally sent stocks higher amid speculation the Federal Reserve will continue its campaign of interest rate cuts to ward off a recession. Reports on jobs and manufacturing elevated concerns about a recession, and that has turned Wall Street's attention to the Fed's Jan. 29-30 rate-setting meeting. Some clues about the central bank's stance might come when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gives a speech on Thursday. [Snip]
Here's what the mad Bomber had to say at a recent speech given at Jackson Hole, WY, “We’ll throw billions ... tens of billions ... even hundreds of billions of newly-printed paper dollars at this crisis if that’s what it takes to bail out irresponsible borrowers and lenders.”
Join the Ron Paul Revolution So while Smirk is traveling, does Cheney have more immediate reins of power? Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! Iran-Syria-Larijani Supreme Leader's representative in Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani said on Sunday that treats made by US President George W Bush against Iran is similar to the cries of worried aged women who create commotion to cover their fears. Speaking to reporters, he said such threats lack fundamental basis and the Americans have only portrayed an image of trouble-maker for themselves. Those who believe in US unilateralism should go through their records to judge their deeds in Iraq and Lebanon, he pointed out. On recent moves by Washington to create rift in strategic relations between Iran and Syria, he said "We cannot stop imagination of peoples, let them have these imaginations but the future will show the realities as they stand." Iran and Syria are determined to maintain durable peace and stability in the region, Larijani said. During his stay in Damascus, Larijani conferred with high ranking Syrian officials on expansion of mutual relations as well as regional and international developments. Iran and Syria have positive approach in dealing with political, economic and security affairs in Iraq, he said adding that the two sides have common stance on support for democratic Iraqi government. On recent developments in Palestine, he said both Tehran and Damascus believe in unity among various political wings in Palestine. The more unified Palestinian nations, the chance for regaining their rights would be high, Larijani said.
Join the Ron Paul Revolution It would seem the oil markets are dismissing this for what it is...bullshit! Oil is down $3.00 as I type this.
Never swear "allegiance" to anything other than the 'right to change your mind'!
You'll probably want to get rid of a few of those Double-Eagles, and I'll take a few off your hands since I'm sentimentally attached to em.
"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money ." --- Josiah Stamp
Earth to Brian ... Earth to Brian ... Oil is the same price as always, it's the dollars that have gone down. [Look how they've psychologically attacked you Brian ... Oil at $97.00 and it's "DOWN" ... yeee hawww !!!!
"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take it away from them, and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money ." --- Josiah Stamp
You'll probably want to get rid of a few of those Double-Eagles, and I'll take a few off your hands since I'm sentimentally attached to em. Choices, choices, choices - shit or go blind? Who the heck knows what to do today? Not I. (At least, most of us here, have some choices. Thank God.)
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#2. To: DeaconBenjamin (#0)
#3. To: Fred Mertz, aristeides (#2)
The Revolution will not be televised!
#4. To: DeaconBenjamin (#0)
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#5. To: robin (#3)
"I'm coming at you and you will blow up in a couple of minutes," the official quoted the radio transmission as saying.
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#6. To: lodwick (#4)
#7. To: lodwick (#4)
The Revolution will not be televised!
#8. To: DeaconBenjamin (#0)
#9. To: lodwick (#5)
"I'm coming at you and you will blow up in a couple of minutes," the official quoted the radio transmission as saying.
The Revolution will not be televised!
#10. To: aristeides (#8)
The incident occurred shortly before President George W. Bush was due for a tour of the region, including the Gulf emirates and Saudi Arabia. “It was the most serious provocation of this sort that we’ve seen yet,” said the US official.
The Revolution will not be televised!
#11. To: robin, Cynicom, DeaconBenjamin, anyone (#7)
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#12. To: lodwick (#4)
BREAKING NEWS:
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#14. To: Esso (#12)
Retard on tricycle with pointy stick brings U.S. to its knees.
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#15. To: lodwick (#4)
Give me a break.
#16. To: noone222, Sam Houston, Esso, robin, everyone (#15)
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#17. To: noone222 (#15)
#18. To: noone222 (#15)
The Revolution will not be televised!
#19. To: lodwick (#16)
This 'story' is not getting a lot of love on 4.
#20. To: Esso, skeptics here (#19)
Nothing about this on Iranian internet broadcast -
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#21. To: lodwick, All (#20)
By Joe Bel Bruno, AP Business Writer
Stocks Move Lower After White House Warns Iran About Provocation in the Strait of Hormuz
#22. To: Fred Mertz. everyone (#21)
Reports on jobs and manufacturing elevated concerns about a recession, and that has turned Wall Street's attention to the Fed's Jan. 29-30 rate-setting meeting. Some clues about the central bank's stance might come when Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke gives a speech on Thursday.
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#23. To: All (#18)
The incident occurred shortly before President George W. Bush was due for a tour of the region, including the Gulf emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The Revolution will not be televised!
#24. To: All (#20)
Wise words from Iran -
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#25. To: DeaconBenjamin (#0)
#26. To: lodwick (#22)
Here's what the mad Bomber had to say at a recent speech given at Jackson Hole, WY, “We’ll throw billions ... tens of billions ... even hundreds of billions of newly-printed paper dollars at this crisis
#27. To: Brian S (#25)
#28. To: noone222 (#26)
Here's what the mad Bomber had to say at a recent speech given at Jackson Hole, WY, “We’ll throw billions ... tens of billions ... even hundreds of billions of newly-printed paper dollars at this crisis
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