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posted by martyb on Friday August 26 2016, @04:16PM   Printer-friendly
from the Boaty-McBoatInYourFace dept.

CNN reports that a U.S. Navy patrol craft fired warning shots at an Iranian vessel:

A US Navy patrol craft fired three warning shots at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps boat Wednesday after US officials said it had harassed that patrol craft, CNN has learned. Another US patrol craft and a Kuwaiti Navy ship were also harassed in the incident, which took place in the northern end of the Persian Gulf.

At one point, the Iranian boat came within 200 yards of one of the US Navy boats. When it failed to leave the area after the Navy had fired flares and had a radio conversation with the Iranian crew, the US officials said, the USS Squall fired three warning shots. Following standard maritime procedures, the Navy fired the three shots into the water to ensure the Iranians understood they needed to leave the immediate area.

Also at Reuters.

The incident occurred a day after four Iranian vessels made a "high speed intercept" of a U.S. warship.


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday August 26 2016, @05:13PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday August 26 2016, @05:13PM (#393577)

    I love the contrast between your comment and mine...

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by Spook brat on Friday August 26 2016, @09:52PM

    by Spook brat (775) on Friday August 26 2016, @09:52PM (#393701) Journal

    I'm encouraged by the comparisons that can be drawn. We each in our own way are saying we're suspicious of the Iranian motives, and that we need to be VERY careful to not get drawn into yet another war.

    The comparison, in my mind, is that you're asking whether the President and Joint Chiefs are doing the right thing by sending the Navy there there at all; I'm asking whether the sailors on site are making the right choices once ordered to be there.

    Both questions need to be asked, and seriously considered for National Defense to be done right. And if the National Command Authority makes the right decisions, there's fewer times when a sailor can start a war by making the wrong decision. Keep questioning stuff like this, it keeps our Republic healthy!

    The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Friday August 26 2016, @10:07PM

      by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Friday August 26 2016, @10:07PM (#393706)

      The Iranians have absolutely no interest in drawing the US into a real war with them. Regardless of how costly and unpopular such a thing might be to the US, it would be suicide for the Iranian government. I'm sure any confrontations are for "cold war" propaganda purposes. They can use our response as an example of how the US threatens them and that Iranians should continue to support the current regime.