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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.
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.
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...
originally posted by: Cobaltic1978
Iranian patrol boats have a range of how many nautical miles? Probably within sovereign waters, maybe just beyond?
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?