Iran Seizes 2 US Navy Boats, 10 Sailors Detained

[Domingo Halliburton]

Pentagon: 2 Navy boats in Iranian custody

Pentagon: 2 Navy boats in Iranian custody; Iran assures crew will be returned promptly

The Pentagon said it briefly lost contact with two small Navy craft in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday but has received assurances from Iran that the crew and vessels will be returned safely and promptly.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told the Associated Press that the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when the US lost contact with them.

Cook says, "We have been in contact with Iran and have received assurances that the crew and the vessels will be returned promptly."

The White House said it is working to resolve the situation and return the crew to normal deployment, according to Reuters.

This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.

 

[Wink Beaufield]

Oh shyt.

 

[Killah Ray]

What the fukk is going on!?

 

[smitty22]

Better stop moving around without a big ships protection. Its like a soldier moving around Baghdad by himself. You gonna get swooped up.

 

[CHL]

Iran should be nuked for this treachery and disrespect of The Hegemony. This CANNOT be tolerated, fam.

 

[Robbie3000]

Pentagon: 2 Navy boats in Iranian custody

Pentagon: 2 Navy boats in Iranian custody; Iran assures crew will be returned promptly

The Pentagon said it briefly lost contact with two small Navy craft in the Persian Gulf on Tuesday but has received assurances from Iran that the crew and vessels will be returned safely and promptly.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told the Associated Press that the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when the US lost contact with them.

Cook says, "We have been in contact with Iran and have received assurances that the crew and the vessels will be returned promptly."

The White House said it is working to resolve the situation and return the crew to normal deployment, according to Reuters.

This story is developing. Please check back for further updates.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

You would think Iran wouldn't want to antagonize the United States when sanctions are going to be lifted shortly on top of everything else they're dealing with.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

I have no idea who this guy is:

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

White House Press Secretary on tv now. Said nothing new except they've been in contact with Iran and Iran has assured them safe return of the sailors.

 

[ORDER_66]

what was they doing there???

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Sounds like they got lost and Iran saved them.... am I misreading?

Iran does NOT want this right now.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

Why were they in the area? I'm pretty sure Iran would've gave the US a warning, before they approached the area.

 

[Domingo Halliburton]

Sounds like they got lost and Iran saved them.... am I misreading?

Iran does NOT want this right now.

Why were they in the area? I'm pretty sure Iran would've gave the US a warning, before they approached the area.

Iranian military forces seized two U.S. Navy boats Tuesday and are holding them in custody on Iran's Farsi Island in the middle of the Persian Gulf, senior U.S. officials told NBC News.

The officials said it's unclear whether the 10 American sailors aboard two small riverine vessels had strayed into Iranian territorial waters before they were captured.

The sailors were on a training mission around noon ET when their boat experienced mechanical difficulty and drifted into Iranian-claimed waters and were detained by the Iranian Coast Guard, officials added. The crew was described as being safe.

Following reports of the incident, Secretary of State John Kerry got on the phone with Iranian officials in Tehran attempting to gain the sailors' release.

One senior official told NBC News the Iranians understand it was a mistake and have agreed to release the Americans in international waters within hours.

The Persian Gulf has been a flash point in the Middle East, and the incident comes on the same day President Barack Obama is set to give his annual State of the Union address.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told The Associated Press that the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when U.S. officials lost contact with them. Farsi Island sits in the Persian Gulf in between the Iran and Saudi Arabia.

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"We have been in contact with Iran and have received assurances that the crew and the vessels will be returned promptly," Cook said.

Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, an NBC News military analyst, said the seizure of American boats is "very bad news" and highlights how the Navy may have failed to have surveillance on their boats.

"We simply can't allow ground, air or naval units to be seized by a foreign hostile power," McCaffrey said on MSNBC. "I hope they're back real quickly. This is an affront to our military presence in the Gulf and will unsettle our allies in the region."

Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., said on MSNBC that the pending release of the sailors shows how diplomacy between U.S. and Iranian officials "is working."

"Hopefully this will be resolved, and it won't be an issue that we're talking about in a couple of hours," she said.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

War

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Scumbag move to pull this on the last State of the Union by Obama.
I don't think Iran is ever going to learn.