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Title: Iranian boats "provoke" U.S. Navy ships in Hormuz: CNN
Source: CNN
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Published: Jan 7, 2008
Author: staff
Post Date: 2008-01-07 09:07:17 by DeaconBenjamin
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Views: 437
Comments: 28

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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#4. To: DeaconBenjamin (#0)

Give me a break.

Lod  posted on  2008-01-07   10:30:29 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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.

robin  posted on  2008-01-07   10:33:18 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Any word from Tehran on this alleged near 'incident?'

Lod  posted on  2008-01-07   10:38:35 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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.

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