Friday, January 06, 2012

American Navy Rescues Iranians

You’re welcome, Iran.

Just days after Iranian and American military officials traded warnings over a U.S. Navy vessel’s departure from the Persian Gulf, the United States Navy has rescued 13 Iranian fishermen and their fishing dhow from Somali pirates in the north Arabian sea, the Pentagon said Friday. And in a side irony that punctuates the rare instance of Iranian-American co-operation, the rescue operation was carried out by a ship belonging to the very U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that Iranian army officials had earlier boasted of evicting from Gulf waters.

(5) Comments
Posted by Owen at 1654 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Military

  1. Should have traded them for Hekmati.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2012 at 0008 hrs


  2. I don’t think Iran will say “thank you.”

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2012 at 0738 hrs


  3. TEHRAN –  Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday labeled the U.S. Navy’s rescue of 13 Iranians from pirates who had hijacked a fishing vessel a “humanitarian and positive” act.

    “We consider the actions of the U.S. forces in saving the lives of Iranian seamen to be a humanitarian and positive act and we welcome such behavior. We think all nations should display such behavior,” Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told broadcaster al Alam.

     

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2012 at 0805 hrs


  4. Yeah, and had the op gone sideways with brain, blood and bone splattered all over everywhere the Iranians would no doubt be singing an entirely different tune… it is everyone’s good fortune that this one ended well.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2012 at 1125 hrs


  5. USA! USA! USA! USA!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2012 at 2145 hrs


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