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BREAKING Destroyer USS Nitze Harassed by Iranian Patrol Boats

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posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 05:53 PM
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Would you think 100's of millions of dollars would buy a little cooperation?

What would happen if the crew sank all 4 Iranian patrol boats, aside from oil prices I mean. Didn't something like this happen to the USS COLE?




October 12, 2000 On Thursday, October 12, 2000, while refueling at a port in Aden, Yemen, the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole was attacked by a two suicide bombers navigating a small motorboat full of explosives. The explosion occurred at 11:18 a.m. Bahrain time, killing 17 crew members and wounding 39 others.

www.911memorial.org...

Anyway, the band plays on, hope they can get along on the high seas. I truly hope no one gets hurt.


The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) was followed and harassed by four Iranian patrol boats on Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, defense officials confirmed to USNI News.



news.usni.org...
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posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 05:56 PM
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i wonder what american patrol boats would do to an.iranian warship off the coast of new jersey.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:01 PM
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a reply to: dashen

Hold it, policeman of the world and we come in peace.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:07 PM
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Iranian patrol boats have a range of how many nautical miles? Probably within sovereign waters, maybe just beyond?



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:08 PM
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originally posted by: seasonal
Would you think 100's of millions of dollars would buy a little cooperation?

What would happen if the crew sank all 4 Iranian patrol boats, aside from oil prices I mean. Didn't something like this happen to the USS COLE?




October 12, 2000 On Thursday, October 12, 2000, while refueling at a port in Aden, Yemen, the U.S. Navy destroyer Cole was attacked by a two suicide bombers navigating a small motorboat full of explosives. The explosion occurred at 11:18 a.m. Bahrain time, killing 17 crew members and wounding 39 others.

www.911memorial.org...

Anyway, the band plays on, hope they can get along on the high seas. I truly hope no one gets hurt.


The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze (DDG-94) was followed and harassed by four Iranian patrol boats on Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, defense officials confirmed to USNI News.





news.usni.org...


I think this is part of the policy to escort merchant ships through the area. They have been reports of them being harrassed by Iranian patrol boats. Through in thr state dept warning about US citizens in the area and it makes sense. What eventually will happen is the paroles boats will push things to far and be sunk. The next step after warning flares and collision alarm is to remove the threat. Luckily they gave them every opertunity to stop other countries might not have been as nice. Try charging a Russian a Russian destroyer with patrol boats bet they would be sunk.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:11 PM
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originally posted by: dashen
i wonder what american patrol boats would do to an.iranian warship off the coast of new jersey.


In international waters nothing not sure the Iranians have anything capable of getting there though.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:13 PM
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a reply to: seasonal

Is this being reported as an ongoing real timer or an
isolated incident?



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:13 PM
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a reply to: dragonridr

What bothers me is the personnel on the Iranian boats are just pawns in this. Like you said they would be fish food if approaching Russian ships.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:13 PM
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originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
Iranian patrol boats have a range of how many nautical miles? Probably within sovereign waters, maybe just beyond?


There capable of going anywhere in the Gulf frankly it just isn't that big. Large vessels are the ones restricted to deep water which is a very narrow passage.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:14 PM
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Video: Destroyer USS Nitze Harassed by Iranian Patrol Boats By: Sam LaGrone August 24, 2016 5:53 PM • Updated: August 24, 2016 7:12 PM This is a breaking news story and will be updated as new information becomes available.
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posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:15 PM
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posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:19 PM
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Iran? Meh. Wake me up when North Korea gets even more upitty than this. This is more likely the start of WW3.

BBC News, Aug 24, 2016 - North Korea submarine fires ballistic missile.

Sorry do not mean to sound so harsh but NK is nuts! And they are really PO'd about the yearly joint exercise going on. The rhetoric keeps rising and nobody is paying attention. The good news is Japan, China, and South Korea are going to have a talking to them.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:21 PM
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a reply to: seasonal

good lookin out



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:27 PM
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a reply to: randyvs

Hey I copied the https: from you tube and hit the you tube button and pasted it in the box to my post. Why didn't that work?



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:27 PM
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actual story is here.
sounds like they got a bit too close to iranian waters and got scared off.


Would you think 100's of millions of dollars would buy a little cooperation?

i highly doubt america would allow other nations warships enter american waters.


What would happen if the crew sank all 4 Iranian patrol boats, aside from oil prices I mean.

international condemnation would follow.
iran is still under embargo to america, who buys its oil from saudi arabia, so oil prices wouldnt be affected.


Didn't something like this happen to the USS COLE?

no, get educated.
al qaeda did it in yemen.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:32 PM
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Retaliate with overwhelming force and turn Iran into a glassy desert.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:34 PM
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Obama is unfit to be President.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:34 PM
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a reply to: stinkelbaum

Ok....

You got me, there are no similarities between these two stories.

And, if boats were sunk, this would lead to a "feeling" of instability that could very well effect oil prices.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:36 PM
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a reply to: TheLaughingGod

That would be unfortunate, a lot of innocent people live there, and I'm glad cooler heads have prevailed. So far.



posted on Aug, 24 2016 @ 06:37 PM
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US floats warships where ever it wants, no issues there.

how many iranian warships float around the US...

be patriotic and ignore everything.

'Murka




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