Iranian sailors chase off pirates attacking U.S. ship
Source: CNN.com
(CNN) -- Iranian sailors helped scare off armed pirates who attacked an American cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian state media reported Thursday.
It's the latest example of U.S.-Iranian cooperation on pirate-infested high seas despite a wave of tensions between Washington and Tehran over the decades.
Iranian navy vessels received a distress signal from the U.S. cargo ship Maersk Texas during patrols.
The forces announced their willingness to help. As they closed in on the American cargo ship, the pirates scattered. The U.S. ship crew thanked the Iranian naval force and continued on its way, state media reported.
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/meast/iran-pirates/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)It's a beautiful thing when no one is looking.
Thanks, guys and thanks sinkingfeeling for posting.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)Romney could say, if Im president the crew would have said go fuck yourself we dont need your help were America dammit!
Dash87
(3,220 posts):insert pirate smiley here:
Uncle Joe
(58,524 posts)Thanks for the thread, sinkingfeeling.
asjr
(10,479 posts)this year.
Lasher
(27,664 posts)Thanks for the memory jog.
1monster
(11,012 posts)malthaussen
(17,235 posts)... we can't protect our own shipping. Something is wrong there.
-- Mal
tawadi
(2,110 posts)There's a phrase you almost never hear. lol
rug
(82,333 posts)Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)Americans--it's just the stupid extremist groups and their government representatives (warmongers) on both sides that want to start wars.
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Now if only TPTB could learn to work together.