Monday, January 07, 2008

Iran Is Harassing Us?   [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

From CNN:

The U.S. military reported Monday on a "significant" confrontation involving five Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats, saying the vessels "harassed and provoked" three U.S. naval ships in international waters over the weekend.

U.S. military officials said the incident occurred early Sunday morning in the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow shipping channel leading in and out of the Persian Gulf.

The five Iranian ships made "threatening" moves toward the USS Hopper, the USS Port Royal and the USS Ingraham — and in one case came within 200 yards of one of the vessels, the U.S. officials said.

The U.S. Navy also received a radio transmission that officials believe came from the Iranian ships. The transmission said, "I am coming at you. You will explode in a couple of minutes," the U.S. military officials told CNN.

01/07 12:35 PMShare