US Navy rescues Iranians held hostage by pirates

[Jimbuna]

Four days opld now buit I reckon the US can claim the moral high ground with ease:

The US Navy has rescued 13 Iranian fishermen being held by pirates in the Arabian Sea, the Pentagon says.
The 13 were rescued on Thursday after a distress call was received from an Iranian fishing vessel which had been boarded by pirates over a month ago.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16447862

[Dowly]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Four days opld now buit I reckon the US can claim the moral high ground with ease

Think the US is waaaaay past the point where it could claim any kind of moral high ground.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Dowly

Think the US is waaaaay past the point where it could claim any kind of moral high ground.

The message such actions really conveyed was..."Next time it'll be your naval ratings"

[Betonov]

Good job

And I hope the Iranians had a special treatment by the USN. Nothing is worse than getting chocolate and a XL meal from an enemy

[TLAM Strike]

Old news... they did it AGAIN!!!


http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...-at-sea-again/

A U.S. Coast Guard cutter rescued six Iranian mariners from a vessel in distress in the Gulf, the second time in less than a week that the American military has come to the aid of Iranians at sea, an official said Tuesday.

...

Pentagon press secretary George Little said the Iranians aboard a cargo dhow about 50 miles southeast of the Iraqi port of Umm Qasr used flares and flashlights to hail the cutter Monomoy at 3 a.m. local time Tuesday. The vessel's master indicated that his engine room was flooding and "deemed not seaworthy," Little said.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/wo...ns-at-sea.html

The statement quoted the owner of the stricken dhow, Hakim Hamid-Awi, as thanking the Monomoy crew and saying, “Without your help, we were dead.”

The Cutter in question:


The same thing happened last year:
http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=58328

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Btw Tehran wasn't quiet about rescuing their mariners from pirates. Unfortunately it lookslike they did their utmost to avoid using words "thank you".

Iran's government on Saturday welcomed the U.S. Navy's rescue of 13 Iranian fishermen held by pirates, calling it a positive humanitarian gesture.

Fars(si)* with its usually hardline ofcourse downplayed whole episode.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-...ue-of-sailors/

*farssi=farce

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Btw Tehran wasn't quiet about rescuing their mariners from pirates. Unfortunately it lookslike they did their utmost to avoid using words "thank you".

That's strange, the news articles I read had very nice things being said about the US by the Iranians... pity we can't seem to return the favour.

[kraznyi_oktjabr]

Originally Posted by Platapus

That's strange, the news articles I read had very nice things being said about the US by the Iranians... pity we can't seem to return the favour.

Can you provide some links? Its ofcourse possbile that I have missed those articles.

Can you provide some links?

Go to the original link and click Mid-East. for the next installment.

The only negative comments around seem to be from the Iranian revolutionary Guards Farsi language media outlet which says the Americans are over dramatising a routine maritime incident(regarding the coast guard and the fishing boat with engine trouble)

[TLAM Strike]

US Navy does it AGAIN!

NBC News reported that an American guided missile-destroyer, the Dewey, rescued a sinking Iranian fishing boat Wednesday morning after it were spotted by a Navy helicopter [NBC/New York Daily News, 19 JNUARY].

[Jimbuna]

Can't be much left of the Iranian fleet now then

[Betonov]

Political bickering is the domain of landlovers

[Jimbuna]

Nothing wrong with a simple heartfelt acknowledgement.

[nikimcbee]

allah works in strange ways. The hand of allah grabbed the coasties and guided them to the rescue.

And thus it was written:

And thus, allah appeared to his servant in a dream, barak al bigspender, and said "Barry, command your man servants to rescue my people and I shall reward you."
And allah's servant said "What ever you want michelle, when's dinner going to be ready?"
And allah screamed at barak al bigspender, then threw a pot at him.

And barry did rush to the telephone and called the Coasties and did command them to rescue the chosen people of allah.

[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

allah works in strange ways. The hand of allah grabbed the coasties and guided them to the rescue.

And thus it was written:

And thus, allah appeared to his servant in a dream, barak al bigspender, and said "Barry, command your man servants to rescue my people and I shall reward you."
And allah's servant said "What ever you want michelle, when's dinner going to be ready?"
And allah screamed at barak al bigspender, then threw a pot at him.

And barry did rush to the telephone and called the Coasties and did command them to rescue the chosen people of allah.

It must be hard to be so angry all the time.