- Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said some of the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 yards of six U.S. military vessels escorting the submarine Georgia
- It was the second time in two weeks that a U.S. ship has opened fire to warn Iran
- ‘They were acting very aggressively,’ Kirby said of the Iranian boats
- The coast guard cutter fired the warning shots from a .50 caliber machine gun
- Asked whether it appeared the Revolutionary Guard are trying to pick a fight with the U.S. Navy, Kirby declined to comment on the Iranians´ intentions
- He added: ‘Sadly, harassment by the IRGC Navy is not a new phenomenon’
Lauren Fruen – Daily Mail May 11, 2021
The US Coast Guard fired 30 warning shots after 13 Iranian armed speedboats came within yards of seven American military vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Monday.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said some of the Iranian fast boats came as close as 150 yards of six U.S. military vessels escorting the guided-missile submarine Georgia.
It was the second time in two weeks that a U.S. ship has opened fire to warn vessels of Iran‘s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
‘They were acting very aggressively,’ Kirby said of the Iranian boats.
The Coast Guard cutter fired the warning shots from a .50 caliber machine gun before the Iranian vessels left, he added.
Asked whether it appeared the Revolutionary Guard are trying to pick a fight with the U.S. Navy, Kirby declined to comment on the Iranians´ intentions.
‘Sadly, harassment by the IRGC Navy is not a new phenomenon. It is something that all of our commanding officers and the crews of our vessels are trained to for,’ Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon.
‘This activity is the kind of activity that could lead to somebody getting hurt and could lead to a real miscalculation there in the region, and that doesn’t serve anybody’s interests.’
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Who’s in whose back yard? They’re the danger. But I’ve never heard of any Iranian vessels getting snotty in the Gulf of Mexico just off Florida or Texas.
I am never siding with the Jew-Masonic-Satanist country disguised as a civilised one.
@ MM
USA should stick to its old Monroe doctrin : america to the americans
and not to vietnam, china sea, diego garcia, syria, irak, iran, lybia, israel,
germany etc.
WAIT; THEY WILL GET THEIR MASTER
WITH CHINA AND SOMETHING MORE !
I take issue with the headline. It had to be 33 warning shots at 13 attack boats. Someone can’t count.
US Navy, is once again, antagonizing the natives of some far off land. What is not said in the video is the US ships have deviated from their normal patrol routes and encroached on off limits waters with the specific intention of provoking a response.
Remember Vietnam Gulf of Tonkin incident? In order to wage war you have to fabricate or create an “incident” which “unfortunately” forces the hand of the provocateer.
The recent Israel envoy to Washington is cause for worry, what orders did Tel Aviv give Biden? How about any entry into the war, create an incident. The US is begging and goading Iran to attack.
Note: Iran does not have naval vessels in US territorial waters like the Gulf of Mexico. This is being done intentionally by the US in behest of Israel.
The whore has her orders, go down for Israel again.
Last time the Iranian Navy took prisoners the tough JUSA sailors pissed their pants and cried.
All show, no go.
So Iran is hostile to ‘US coast gaurd’, ‘escorting’ an attack submarine that was what.?… Just innocently ‘fishing and touring’ The Iranian coastline?.. And US has the gawl to boast of compounding their aggression with shots fired. Pffft.. And who is the nervous fake liers and who are proud and patient defenders of their homeland?…