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.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 26 2016, @08:20PM
I don't like it, but that's Pax Americana for you.
The USA supplies oil, matches, training to people who might start fires and pretends to be the hero when the fire starts and they "fight" it.
The US funded the Syrian opposition and supplied arms (and thus setting the stage for the Syrian Civil War and the rise of the radical Islamists).
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-syria-wikileaks-idUSTRE73H0E720110418 [reuters.com]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/21/world/middleeast/cia-said-to-aid-in-steering-arms-to-syrian-rebels.html?pagewanted=all [nytimes.com]
The resulting mess and the growth of the ISIS was what they wanted:
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2015/05/newly-declassified-u-s-government-documents-the-west-supported-the-creation-of-isis.html [washingtonsblog.com]
there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist Principality in eastern Syria (Hasaka and Der Zor), and this is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime
Some may not like the truth but that's the real Pax Americana for you. The track record of the USA hasn't been that great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 27 2016, @11:33AM
Divide and Rule.