Iran seizes two US Navy boats

Sdiver · 01-12-2016, 15:30

Unknown what type of boats or where the seizure took place.

Details are sketchy, but initial reports state that 10 US service personal were aboard the boats.

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Iran’s IRGC takes US navy boats into custody in the Persian Gulf.

Pentagon says the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when the US lost contact.

Up to 10 U.S. Navy sailors have been detained by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces.

http://pzfeed.com/2-navy-boats-in-iranian-custody/

Sdiver · 01-12-2016, 15:54

Update ...

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Ten sailors and two boats were taken into Iranian custody Tuesday after their patrol boats drifted into Iranian claimed waters, according to two defense officials.

The riverine sailors are believed to have drifted into Iranian territory after having mechanical issues with their boats. The defense officials said Secretary of State John Kerry got immediately involved and Iran has agreed to turn the sailors and vessels over, though they have not been turned over as of 4 p.m., Eastern Standard Time.

"Earlier today, noonish east coast, we lost contact with two small U.S. naval craft en route from Kuwait to Bahrain," said a defense official familiar with the ongoing negotiations. "We subsequently have been in communication with Iranian authorities, who have informed us of the safety and well-being of our personnel. We have received assurances the sailors will promptly be allowed to continue their journey."

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook told The Associated Press that the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when the U.S. lost contact with them. The situation began to unfold during the evening in the Persian Gulf, according to a defense official. The Truman Carrier Strike Group launched a search and rescue effort and is still in the vicinity.

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

http://www.navytimes.com/story/milit...rned/78698018/

WarriorDiplomat · 01-12-2016, 15:58

This is bad and a sign of how little fear and respect our military commands with this administration.

**Box** · 01-12-2016, 16:03

I'm sure this will be addressed in detail during the SOTU speech.

Old Dog New Trick · 01-12-2016, 16:14

I hope there is a YouTube of Kerry on his knees begging please please please!

Hang in there boys, the State Department will make strong demands to get you back in less than 444 days.

Utah Bob · 01-12-2016, 16:45

I'd like to think somebody has the stones to do something but I suspect the stand down porder was given immediately.
This will probably end with an apology by the administration and further humiliation for the US.

I sure wish I was wrong.

Sdiver · 01-12-2016, 16:46

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Originally Posted by Billy L-bach

I'm sure this will be addressed in detail during the SOTU speech.

You might be correct ...

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Iran’s IRGC takes US navy boats into custody in the Persian Gulf.

Pentagon says the boats were moving between Kuwait and Bahrain when the US lost contact.

Up to 10 U.S. Navy sailors have been detained by Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces.

The two boats each had several 50. cal guns and were “snooping around” in Iranian waters, Fars News Agency says.

Iran will hold US sailors through the State of the Union and into tomorrow, the Daily Beast reports.

http://pzfeed.com/2-navy-boats-in-iranian-custody/

**Team Sergeant** · 01-12-2016, 16:48

Unless something very drastic has changed, Rhode Island has a larger navy than Iran.

Liechtenstein has a bigger navy than Iran.

This is why we really pay no attention to Iran, but it sells newspapers.

Flagg · 01-12-2016, 17:00

Strange one.

Considering engine/system redundancies on small boats, self-recovery/towing by partnered boat if NAV/GPS loc is getting iffy, and possibly proximity to IRGC controlled Farsi Island I'll assume the Iranians pinched them on an interdiction patrol in open uncontested water until proven otherwise.

All I know is that if I was Iranian IRGC trying to undermine Bahrain as well as oil producing and chocker full of Shia Eastern Saudi Arabia I'd be trying to use Farsi Island for small boat over(under too?) the water resupply of any IRGC backed underground/auxiliary that exists there.

Especially since diplomatic cargo and conventional air/sea/ground travel and trade between Saudi and Iran has been cut off at the knees.

We live in interesting times.

blacksmoke · 01-12-2016, 17:17

Two small boats lost comms with the Pentagon it said on Fox news?? Seems weird, no contingency plans for this while going through Persian Gulf? Maybe an EMP device took out their electronics and a "routine patrol" found these 10 guys in "two small boats" that ran aground.

Sdiver · 01-12-2016, 17:40

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Originally Posted by blacksmoke

Two small boats lost comms with the Pentagon it said on Fox news?? Seems weird, no contingency plans for this while going through Persian Gulf? Maybe an EMP device took out their electronics and a "routine patrol" found these 10 guys in "two small boats" that ran aground.

JJ_BPK · 01-12-2016, 17:41

I read on moveon.org, that Sean Penn was in the gulf looking to make a SEAL movie and was searching for local drug dealers??

But I could be wrong??

Flagg · 01-12-2016, 17:55

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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

I read on moveon.org, that Sean Penn was in the gulf looking to make a SEAL movie and was searching for local drug dealers??

But I could be wrong??

Or maybe trying to get an interview and selfie with Qassem Soliemani?

Sadly, I'm genuinely not sure whether to put that in pink or not as I wouldn't put it past him.

Golf1echo · 01-12-2016, 17:56

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Originally Posted by JJ_BPK

I read on moveon.org, that Sean Penn was in the gulf looking to make a SEAL movie and was searching for local drug dealers??

But I could be wrong??

Didn't he already do that......Oh wait, that was his friend Carlos

....Carlos Esteves AKA Charlie Sheen

Old Dog New Trick · 01-12-2016, 18:05

Hillary's phone rang at 03:00, she got the recording thirteen hours later.