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02-08-2014, 06:29 PM
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Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
(Reuters) - An Iranian naval officer said a number of warships had been ordered to approach U.S. maritime borders as a response to the stationing of U.S. vessels in the Gulf, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Saturday. "Iran's military fleet is approaching the United States' maritime borders, and this move has a message," the agency quoted Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad as saying. Haddad, described as commander of the Iranian navy's northern fleet, said the vessels had started their voyage towards the Atlantic Ocean via "waters near South Africa", Fars reported. Fars said the plan was part of "Iran's response to Washington's beefed up naval presence in the Persian Gulf." The Fars report, which carried no details of the vessels, could not be confirmed independently. In Washington, a U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, cast doubt on any claims that the Iranian ships were approaching U.S. maritime borders. But the official added that "ships are free to operate in international waters." The United States and its allies regularly stage naval exercises in the Gulf, saying they want to ensure freedom of navigation in the waterway through which 40 percent of the world's seaborne oil exports passes. U.S. military facilities in the region include a base for its Fifth Fleet in the Gulf Arab kingdom of Bahrain. Iran sees the Gulf as its own backyard and believes it has a legitimate interest in expanding its influence there. Iranian officials have often said Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz, at the mouth of the Gulf, if it came under military attack over its disputed nuclear program, and the Western war games are seen in the region as an attempt to deter any such move. Fars said the Iranian navy had been developing its presence in international waters since 2010, regularly launching vessels in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden to protect Iranian ships from Somali pirates operating in the area. personally I am not as concerned of Iran as I am their allies. source. .... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/...A170VA20140208  · |
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02-08-2014, 06:35 PM
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Re: Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
 fuck iran,worthless cock suckers.. |
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02-08-2014, 06:43 PM
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Re: Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
Iran has a Navy..?!  |
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02-08-2014, 06:51 PM
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Re: Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
Yes.  |
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02-08-2014, 07:05 PM
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Re: Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
bwahahahaha.. love it. In reality..two warships and a helicopter. Wish their two boats and a helicopter luck when they meet up with this. As long as their allies do not follow suit ..no problemo. We can use a new corral reef off the coast don't you think?   ·  · |
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02-08-2014, 07:13 PM
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Re: Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
ahhh bless the yanks are helping their sunni friends in Bahrain and around the Gulf,, how sweet of them Oil |
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02-08-2014, 08:07 PM
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Re: Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
Aren't they Muslim in Iran, floating on water has to be evil or witchcraft or some shit in that kookie religion... you KNOW them fools can't swim.
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02-08-2014, 09:31 PM
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Re: Iran Says Warships Sailing Towards U.S.
Yes, the Arleigh Burke class and the new Zumwalt class are obsolete. /sarcasm. Warship is a catchall term. It doesn't necessarily mean they're sending out an old WWII cruiser. |
