Aussies repel Iranian Navy

[August]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6228342.stm

Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned. The incident took place before Iran successfully seized 15 British sailors and Marines in March.
The lessons from the earlier attempt do not appear to have been applied in time by British maritime patrols.



Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D

[Heibges]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6228342.stm

Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned. The incident took place before Iran successfully seized 15 British sailors and Marines in March.
The lessons from the earlier attempt do not appear to have been applied in time by British maritime patrols.



Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D

But Texans have funny accents. :lol:

My aunt is from Houston and she met my uncle while he was in navy training at the end of wwII)

[The Avon Lady]

Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D
Whadya mean? They both have funny accents!

[Skybird]

Better!

[bookworm_020]

Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D Whadya mean? They both have funny accents!
What accent???:) The rest of the world has them, we don't!

Here is how it has been reported in Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/aussies-repel-iran-navy/2007/06/22/1182019309654.html

The colourful language used would be interesting to know, most likely along the lines of the parental and sexual history of the Iranian saliors, clothing style and a personal opion of where they stick their request!:doh::rotfl:

[P_Funk]

Has anyone around here met a Vancouverite? I swear we have very neutral accents. The east of Canada has that weird Newfie, Quebecois, Ontario thing happening. Then there's the Prairies. But I don't think that I have a very... anything accent.

Tell me what you guys think.

[Reaves]

You can't get more "occa" than a northern Queenslander. They have the most stongest Aussie accent around.

Looks like the boarding party reacted very well. Although what they are doing over there is pretty much the same as what they do here. Board and search boats. We have a large problem with illegal fishing in our waters to our north.

[Iceman]

:lurk: Repel Borders!....Let's drown these vermin! :)

[LoBlo]

Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D

Hey!.... actually... your kindof right:lol:

[CCIP]

Everyone who doesn't have your accent sounds funny. It's a law. I have friends from the northeast US - perfectly standard accent, you'd think, but I laugh at them all the time. And don't even get me started on what people think of my accent (a slightly butchered Canadian accent [small hints of my Russian origin] with an unhealthy amount of purely British lexicon thrown in :D)


And oh. Great job, Aussies :up:
Too bad that didn't teach those guys a lesson and they tried again :shifty:

[tycho102]

Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents.

Except Australasia doesn't have the death penalty. Otherwise, there is some accuracy with that statement. They're not afraid to brawl, highly competitive, and the majority have quite a bit of courage.

[Tchocky]

Has anyone around here met a Vancouverite? I swear we have very neutral accents. The east of Canada has that weird Newfie, Quebecois, Ontario thing happening. Then there's the Prairies. But I don't think that I have a very... anything accent.

Tell me what you guys think.

Kind of bland accents I've found. That said, I've only met two Vancouvererererers

My accent is Pale Irish-diluted. My friends from 100 miles south say I sound like I'm from Belfast (50 miles north), and my Northern friends tell me I'm Mexican.

hmmmm

[baggygreen]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6228342.stm

Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned. The incident took place before Iran successfully seized 15 British sailors and Marines in March.
The lessons from the earlier attempt do not appear to have been applied in time by British maritime patrols.



Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D

Go n jam it in yer pipe august!

texans are like us with a bad accent! :rotfl: deadset, until a person can pronounce "emu" and "aussie" correctly, they are just trying to be like us.

In all seriousness though, it seems strange to me. If the British were caught half on the ropes and half not, then it shoulda taken less time for them to get back onboard in a defensive possie. i mean, the aussies were able to get everyone back on board, and we have to assume there would be a similar amount of warning for the 2 instances.. whats up with the poms?

[August]

texans are like us with a bad accent! :rotfl: deadset, until a person can pronounce "emu" and "aussie" correctly, they are just trying to be like us.

Hey, i'm a New England Yankee and both of you talk funny to me, but still it was meant as a compliment.

[Skybird]

All you guys have lethal accents, and instead of shooting at Iranians you better should try to drown them in your funny sounding words, repelling them that way! :smug:

[Boris]

The Aussie accent is the most neutral accent ever... the fact that you can most effectively imitate every other accent from an Aussie one should prove this :yep:

[Biggles]

Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D Whadya mean? They both have funny accents!
What accent???:) The rest of the world has them, we don't!

Here is how it has been reported in Australia

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/aussies-repel-iran-navy/2007/06/22/1182019309654.html

The colourful language used would be interesting to know, most likely along the lines of the parental and sexual history of the Iranian saliors, clothing style and a personal opion of where they stick their request!:doh::rotfl:

maybe something about the differences between australian and Iranian beer:rotfl:

[DAB]

In all seriousness though, it seems strange to me. If the British were caught half on the ropes and half not, then it shoulda taken less time for them to get back onboard in a defensive possie. i mean, the aussies were able to get everyone back on board, and we have to assume there would be a similar amount of warning for the 2 instances.. whats up with the poms?

Rules of engagement.

All militaries (in domocratic countries) are subject to government control. Austriallia has a conservative government which probably keeps the Australlian military on a nice relaxed leash. The Aussies therefore had the freedom to use their own judgement in the situation.

The Blair goverment is the ultimate example of micromanagment, to the extent that there are no new ships being built now with Command and Control facilities in the Royal Navy (to my knowledge) because Labour thinks its better that it commands the fleet directly from London. I'd imagine the rules of engagement therefore for the British sailors were exceptionally different.

Also remember that the incidents took place two years apart. In Dec 04, people were not talking about being on the verge of war with Iran

[Jimbuna]

Good on yer cobbers :up: If only we could heed the lessons :hmm:

[bookworm_020]

All militaries (in domocratic countries) are subject to government control. Austrialia has a conservative government which probably keeps the Australlian military on a nice relaxed leash. The Aussies therefore had the freedom to use their own judgement in the situation.
Yes and no, There are plenty of restrictions with the rules of engagement. They did use good judgement in avoiding capture, but they still couldn't fire unless fired apon (They didn't fire a single shot)

There is some flexablitiy in decision making for the ones in charge, at all levels, but there is only so much room to work in.

Here is the lastest report.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21952887-31477,00.html

So much for Australian's being brave

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21959703-5001021,00.html

It's a bit of a media beat up, I reckon!:roll: Everyone knows that the vast majority of Aussie troops are not near the front line, in Iraq or Afganistan. We are not covering any of the dangrous areas in Iraq (well less dangrous than most!).

[Onkel Neal]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6228342.stm

Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy boarding team but were vigorously repelled, the BBC has learned. The incident took place before Iran successfully seized 15 British sailors and Marines in March.
The lessons from the earlier attempt do not appear to have been applied in time by British maritime patrols.



Gotta love the Aussies. They're like Texans with funny accents... :D

Yeah, like Texan with different accents. Us Texans have accents, you know ;)

Aussies are sort of like the international version of Texans, resourceful, self-reliant, tough, and scrappy, only without the Mexican food :cry: If there had been a couple dozen Aussies at the Alamo, we might have won the damn thing.

[bookworm_020]

Yeah, like Texan with different accents. Us Texans have accents, you know ;)

Aussies are sort of like the international version of Texans, resourceful, self-reliant, tough, and scrappy, only without the Mexican food :cry: If there had been a couple dozen Aussies at the Alamo, we might have won the damn thing.

I'm sure a buch of Aussie's hurling "coulorful language" and empty beer cans would keep the mexicans at arms length!:D

[Reaves]

Also remember that the incidents took place two years apart. In Dec 04, people were not talking about being on the verge of war with Iran

The exact reason why you can't compare the two situations. Differant times, differant threats. :yep:

[U-533]

So much for Australian's being brave

http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21959703-5001021,00.html

It's a bit of a media beat up, I reckon!:roll: Everyone knows that the vast majority of Aussie troops are not near the front line, in Iraq or Afganistan. We are not covering any of the dangrous areas in Iraq (well less dangrous than most!).

Don't beat yourself up mate!


The revelation forced Prime Minister John Howard to reveal Australia was supposed to withdraw troops immediately after the invasion stage.
"The understanding we had with the Americans, when we originally participated, was that after the sharp end (of the invasion) was over we weren't going to have any troop presence," Mr Howard told Channel 10's Meet The Press yesterday.
"I made it very clear that we would commit forces – if we did commit forces, they'd be committed for the sharp operational stage, the invasion stage if you like, and then after that we would not be leaving forces on the the ground.
"We would leave some naval and air units and obviously a security detachment to look after our embassy in Baghdad.
"But the whole idea was not to have troops on the ground."


A deals a deal.

I think if the Aussie forces wish to continue in this, then go back to the table and say so.
If not ...Then I'm glad yall did yer part and heres to the next one...cheers
:sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

[d@rk51d3]

Yeah, they're a peacekeeping force (a task they seem to fill very well), not a deathsquad.

[Jimbuna]

....and besides....those boomerangs can be deadly in the right hands ;)

[bookworm_020]

....and besides....those boomerangs can be deadly in the right hands ;)

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::up:

Nice one!

Most people in Australia are in two minds over this, we would like them home, as they are needed else where for peace keeping duties (East Timor, Solomon Islands, Bougainville and else where), but many don't want to cut and run and leave Iraq in a bigger mess than when we arrived.

If the U.S. leave, then we will. We have an election coming up, which could change things.:hmm:

[Jimbuna]

The second the US announce a total withdrawal all that will be visible will be smoke trails leading directly to each participating allied country (as in "you won't see their a*ses for dust") :yep: