Iran detains 10 US sailors after ships stopped in the Gulf

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-12-16, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by BBC

Iran has detained 10 US sailors after their vessels were stopped in the Gulf, a US official told the BBC.
"We lost contact with two small US naval craft en route from Kuwait to Bahrain," the official said.
He said that the Iranians informed the US that the sailors were safe and "will promptly be allowed to continue their journey".
The incident happened near Farsi Island after one of the ships encountered mechanical problems.

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Tchocky · 01-12-16, 05:09 PM

Huh.

Who started World War III?

mapuc · 01-12-16, 05:09 PM

Oberon has started a discussion about this in the -"The all purpose terrorism thread "

Markus

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-12-16, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

Oberon has started a discussion about this in the -"The all purpose terrorism thread "

Markus

Ah, okay. I didn't even consider that this might qualify as terrorism...

Kaye T. Bai · 01-12-16, 05:25 PM

Hopefully the sailors are released quickly and this doesn't turn into a 2007 British Navy-type situation.

mapuc · 01-12-16, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Ah, okay. I didn't even consider that this might qualify as terrorism...

I read about it on a news side went back to subsim and looked for the thread Iran at it again or something. This thread was on page 2.

Should I write about it in that thread or should drop it. I dropped it. If some one else write about it I will make some comment. Later I saw Oberon had made a statement about the incident in the thread I mentioned in my first statement.

Markus

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-12-16, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

I read about it on a news side went back to subsim and looked for the thread Iran at it again or something. This thread was on page 2.

Should I write about it in that thread or should drop it. I dropped it. If some one else write about it I will make some comment. Later I saw Oberon had made a statement about the incident in the thread I mentioned in my first statement.

Markus

I didn't intend to criticize you in anyway. I just found it surprising and little bit odd that this kind of thing is being discussed in terrorism thread as:
1) This is about armed forces of two sovereign states,
2) No one is demanding ransom and,
3) No one is chopping off (or threatening to) someones' heads.

Oberon · 01-12-16, 11:55 PM

I tend to dump all Middle Eastern politics in that thread because the way things play out down there will effect the 'War on Terror'(TM) in some way or another.

I guess we could have a Middle Eastern politics thread, but it'd probably just be me posting stuff.

Oberon · 01-12-16, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Tchocky

Huh.

Who started World War III?

Everyone except Germany.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-13-16, 12:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

I tend to dump all Middle Eastern politics in that thread because the way things play out down there will effect the 'War on Terror'(TM) in some way or another.

Thank you! Its nice to know what is behind people's decisions.

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Originally Posted by Oberon

I guess we could have a Middle Eastern politics thread, but it'd probably just be me posting stuff.

Yes and at the moment its challenging to find (relevant to us) Middle East politcs news not someway connected to terrorism.

01-13-16, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

Everyone except Germany.

Maybe... this time... we can have our Endsieg, yes?

Oberon · 01-13-16, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Maybe... this time... we can have our Endsieg, yes?

DENIED

Cybermat47 · 01-13-16, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Nippelspanner

Maybe... this time... we can have our Endsieg, yes?

Well, you're on our side these days, so Endsieg all you like

Just don't get any on the carpet

eddie · 01-13-16, 02:43 AM

If they return the sailors but keep the boats, is it ok if we sink those boats!?! I'm all for it if it pisses off the Iranians ,lol

nikimcbee · 01-13-16, 02:58 AM

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	I tend to dump all Middle Eastern politics in that thread because the way things play out down there will effect the 'War on Terror'(TM) in some way or another. I guess we could have a Middle Eastern politics thread, but it'd probably just be me posting stuff.