Iranian Navy fires at, boards commercial container ship, US warship en route

Onkel Neal · 04-28-15, 05:55 PM

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Iranian Navy vessels fired shots at and boarded a Marshall Islands-flagged commercial container ship in the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday, a senior defense official told Fox News.

The Maersk Tigris ship -- originally heading to Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates, is now being escorted by the Iranian Navy into waters near Bandar Abbas, home of Iran’s largest Navy base.

The USS Farragut, a guided missile destroyer, is making “best speed” en route to the area and has dispatched a helicopter to get a closer look, the official said.

Here we go, time to use some of that Navy muscle.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/04...ors_picks=true

Harvs · 04-28-15, 10:26 PM

Back to the stoneage with them if they cant play nice.

Onkel Neal · 04-29-15, 04:12 PM

No news. Looks like the U.S. is uncertain.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/wa...=0&item=194731

Or getting forces into position....?

Platapus · 04-29-15, 04:19 PM

The borders in that are are in dispute.

The best thing is not to over react and see what happens. Most likely, as in the past, the Iranians will release the shop and their crew.

mapuc · 04-29-15, 06:10 PM

According to the Danish news it is something about Iran had some money unpaid by the Danish shipping company.

Markus

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Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	No news. Looks like the U.S. is uncertain. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/wa...=0&item=194731 Or getting forces into position....? __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

04-29-15, 04:19 PM	#4
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,391 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The borders in that are are in dispute. The best thing is not to over react and see what happens. Most likely, as in the past, the Iranians will release the shop and their crew. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

04-29-15, 06:10 PM	#5
mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,548 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	According to the Danish news it is something about Iran had some money unpaid by the Danish shipping company. Markus