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Apr 28, 2015 10:18:50 GMT -5
Post by majorminor on Apr 28, 2015 10:18:50 GMT -5
www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/saudi-owned-tv-says-iran-detains-us-cargo-ship-in-gulf/ar-BBiMcUfSaudi-owned TV says Iran detains U.S. cargo ship in Gulf DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) - Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television said an Iranian "force" seized a U.S. cargo ship after opening fire on it in the Gulf on Tuesday and directed it to the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. A Pentagon spokesman said Iranian forces had boarded a Marshall Island-flagged vessel, the MV Maersk Tigris, in the Gulf. He said the boarding occurred after Iranian patrol boats fired shots across the vessel's bow and ordered it deeper into Iranian waters. The ship had no U.S. citizens aboard, the spokesman said, contradicting Al-Arabiya's report which said there were 34 U.S. sailors on board. He said it was traveling through the Strait of Hormuz when the incident occurred. There was no immediate word from Iranian officials. Iran has in the past sometimes threatened to block the strait to advance its opposition to sanctions imposed over its nuclear program. The channel is a narrow strip of water separating Oman and Iran. It connects the biggest Gulf oil producers, such as Saudi Arabia, with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
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RUH ROH
Apr 28, 2015 11:27:55 GMT -5
Post by billhammond on Apr 28, 2015 11:27:55 GMT -5
CNN says it's a Marshall Islands ship, with no Americans on board, but U.S. planes are monitoring the sitch and we have a carrier destroyer about 60 miles away.
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RUH ROH
Apr 28, 2015 11:36:23 GMT -5
Post by fauxmaha on Apr 28, 2015 11:36:23 GMT -5
Clever move by the Iranians. The Marshall Islands, while not part of the US, are covered by the Compact of Free Association, under which the US is responsible for their military protection. So, did the Iranians attack a US ship? No-ish. Will the US defend this ship as if it were US-flagged? Yes-ish. Very clever. |
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Apr 28, 2015 11:49:18 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 11:49:18 GMT -5
Clever move by the Iranians. The Marshall Islands, while not part of the US, are covered by the Compact of Free Association, under which the US is responsible for their military protection. So, did the Iranians attack a US ship? No-ish. Will the US defend this ship as if it were US-flagged? Yes-ish. Very clever. "under which the US is responsible for their military protection." Now there's a comforting thought! |
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Apr 28, 2015 12:47:51 GMT -5
Post by Marshall on Apr 28, 2015 12:47:51 GMT -5
Well you can kiss the nuke treaty bye-bye.
(Whether or not it was going to happen anyway, or was even worthy of happening).
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RUH ROH
Apr 28, 2015 16:15:41 GMT -5
Post by millring on Apr 28, 2015 16:15:41 GMT -5
This everyone loving us now that we don't have Bush thing is working out real good, huh?
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RUH ROH
Apr 28, 2015 19:27:43 GMT -5
Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 28, 2015 19:27:43 GMT -5
This everyone loving us now that we don't have Bush thing is working out real good, huh? This coment is so disingenuous that it is not worthy of serious discourse. No one ever expected that we wouldn't have enemies without Bush/thedarklord, just that we might have a chance at better relations with the rest of the world with those assholes gone. Mike |
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RUH ROH
Apr 28, 2015 19:44:17 GMT -5
Post by millring on Apr 28, 2015 19:44:17 GMT -5
Stop using big words. I'm tired of emailing Letson for translations. |
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RUH ROH
Apr 28, 2015 19:45:58 GMT -5
Post by aquaduct on Apr 28, 2015 19:45:58 GMT -5
This everyone loving us now that we don't have Bush thing is working out real good, huh? This coment is so disingenuous that it is not worthy of serious discourse. No one ever expected that we wouldn't have enemies without Bush/thedarklord, just that we might have a chance at better relations with the rest of the world with those assholes gone. Mike Again, how's that working out? Kinda like the improvement in race relations? |
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Apr 28, 2015 19:52:20 GMT -5
Post by Cosmic Wonder on Apr 28, 2015 19:52:20 GMT -5
Better than with Bush/Vader.
Mike
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Apr 28, 2015 19:53:03 GMT -5
Post by aquaduct on Apr 28, 2015 19:53:03 GMT -5
In what alternative universe?
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Apr 28, 2015 19:57:18 GMT -5
Post by RickW on Apr 28, 2015 19:57:18 GMT -5
One wonders about the entire thing. The Iranians are not stupid, and are well aware what would happen to them if they knowingly attacked a U.S. ship. So, one wonders if this isn't pushed forward by someone in Iran who didn't want a nuke treaty, either.
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Apr 28, 2015 20:11:26 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2015 20:11:26 GMT -5
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Apr 28, 2015 20:28:38 GMT -5
Post by patrick on Apr 28, 2015 20:28:38 GMT -5
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Post by Marshall on Apr 29, 2015 7:44:32 GMT -5
CNN says it's a Marshall Islands ship, . . . ,  |
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Apr 29, 2015 9:09:08 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2015 9:09:08 GMT -5
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Apr 29, 2015 9:21:30 GMT -5
Post by fauxmaha on Apr 29, 2015 9:21:30 GMT -5
I didn't realize Marshall had islands.
Am I the only one who's never been invited? Geeze, I feel like a mook.
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Post by millring on Apr 29, 2015 9:44:36 GMT -5
I wonder if the Marshmallow Islands are populated with peeps?
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