Posted on 07/06/2023 12:13:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The White House said the US would respond to Iranian aggression together with allies and partners in the Middle East region.
Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday, firing shots at one of them, the US Navy said.
It said that in both cases, the Iranian naval vessels backed off after the US Navy responded, and that both commercial ships continued their voyages.
“The Iranian navy did make attempts to seize commercial tankers lawfully transiting international waters,” said Cmdr. Tim Hawkins, spokesman for the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet. “The US Navy responded immediately and prevented those seizures.”
(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...
I still say that Ezekiel 38 is coming
That headline could have been written any time in the last forty years.
Just don’t get two US Navy ships too close to one another.
Where are the thank you’s?
Q-ships needed.
Iran is on a roll...
Their Navy is out there laughing their collective asses off over the U.S. Nancy-boy-controlled Navy...
US sending F-16 fighter jets to protect ships from Iranian seizures in Gulf region
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures, a senior defense official said Friday, adding that the U.S. is increasingly concerned about the growing ties between Iran, Russia and Syria across the Middle East.
https://apnews.com/article/iran-russia-syria-military-fighter-jets-449a4c6fc9ab90981914c77e2d290f7f
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