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U.S. Coast Guard vessel fires at Iranian boat in Persian Gulf
CBS News ^ | 08/28/2014

Posted on 08/28/2014 7:04:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A U.S. Coast Guard vessel fired in self-defense on an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf, the Navy said Wednesday, an encounter that could exacerbate tensions between the two countries as they work to hammer out a lasting deal over Iran's nuclear program.

Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy's Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, said personnel on a small boat dispatched from the U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat Monomoy fired a single shot when it saw crew on a nearby Iranian dhow training one of its two .50-caliber machine guns on them and preparing to fire.

"This action by the dhow's crew demonstrated hostile intent which resulted in the defensive fire by the Coast Guardsmen," he said.

Dhows are traditional wooden boats common to the region that are typically used for trade.

No Americans were wounded in the encounter, which happened in international waters around 11:30 a.m. local time Tuesday, Stephens said.

The Monomoy was operating on "a routine maritime security operation" when it contacted the dhow's bridge. After initial contact, the Iranian vessel stopped communicating and the Coast Guard ship deployed small boat to investigate, Stephens said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: coastguard; iran; persiangulf; yesterday

1 posted on 08/28/2014 7:04:59 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

A US Coast Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf?


2 posted on 08/28/2014 7:06:43 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: SeekAndFind

Coasties!


3 posted on 08/28/2014 7:06:59 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Hostage

Coasties board and search there. Dangerous mission.


4 posted on 08/28/2014 7:08:43 AM PDT by Tugo (Obama is a cultural Sunni .)
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To: SeekAndFind

So, what were the Iranians smuggling?


5 posted on 08/28/2014 7:10:31 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Hostage

Apparently one of six coast guard vessels deployed from Africa to south east Asia. According to Wikipedia, this cutter has been in the Persian Gulf region since 2002.


6 posted on 08/28/2014 7:18:29 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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A US Coast Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf?

I was going to ask the same thing.

Why is a U.S. Coast Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf on the other side of the world instead of, you know, guarding our coast?

7 posted on 08/28/2014 7:19:44 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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To: SeekAndFind

a wooden iranian dhow with a 50 cal mounted? really?


8 posted on 08/28/2014 7:22:35 AM PDT by beebuster2000
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To: EricT.

Talk about the mother of all mission creeps.


9 posted on 08/28/2014 7:24:29 AM PDT by EricT. (Everything not forbidden is compulsory.)
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To: Tugo

How is this part of their mission? US Navy, absolutely. I fail to see how this is a US coast.


10 posted on 08/28/2014 7:30:29 AM PDT by LS ('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
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"How is this part of their mission? US Navy, absolutely. I fail to see how this is a US coast. "

In the New World Order and open borders the idea of America as a nation state is passé. American wealth, resources, and military might are for the world to benefit from.

11 posted on 08/28/2014 7:43:03 AM PDT by WMarshal (Free citizen, never a subject or a civilian.)
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12 posted on 08/28/2014 7:44:09 AM PDT by jpsb (Believe nothing until it has been officially denied)
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13 posted on 08/28/2014 7:46:38 AM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: kingu

Correct - smuggling, drug interdiction, boardings, inspections and there is also a contingent that does ice breaking and buoy maintenance.


14 posted on 08/28/2014 9:05:15 AM PDT by reed13k (For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothings)
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A US Coast Guard vessel in the Persian Gulf?

Exactly what I was thinking. Have we made significant changes to the extent of our territorial waters?

15 posted on 08/28/2014 11:15:13 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

> Cmdr. Kevin Stephens, a spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet, said personnel on a small boat dispatched from the U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat Monomoy fired a single shot when it saw crew on a nearby Iranian dhow training one of its two .50-caliber machine guns on them and preparing to fire.


16 posted on 08/28/2014 8:23:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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