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veronica_rich) wrote2012-01-06 05:29 pm
veronica_rich) wrote2012-01-06 05:29 pm
Irony loves a Friday
You can't make this stuff up:
Amid tensions, U.S. Navy rescues Iranians from Somali pirates
By Laura Rozen | The Envoy
Just days after Iranian and American military officials traded warnings over a U.S. Navy vessel's departure from the Persian Gulf, the United States Navy has rescued 13 Iranian fishermen and their fishing dhow from Somali pirates in the north Arabian sea, the Pentagon said Friday. And in a side irony that punctuates the rare instance of Iranian-American co-operation, the rescue operation was carried out by a ship belonging to the very U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that Iranian army officials had earlier boasted of evicting from Gulf waters.
More here (it's from a blog, but I verified the base news story by looking up reputable sources first)
Amid tensions, U.S. Navy rescues Iranians from Somali pirates
By Laura Rozen | The Envoy
Just days after Iranian and American military officials traded warnings over a U.S. Navy vessel's departure from the Persian Gulf, the United States Navy has rescued 13 Iranian fishermen and their fishing dhow from Somali pirates in the north Arabian sea, the Pentagon said Friday. And in a side irony that punctuates the rare instance of Iranian-American co-operation, the rescue operation was carried out by a ship belonging to the very U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group that Iranian army officials had earlier boasted of evicting from Gulf waters.
More here (it's from a blog, but I verified the base news story by looking up reputable sources first)