DUmmies discuss iran boat incident

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kpete  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 10:57 AM
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BREAKING NEWS: U.S military-contracted ship fires on Iranian boat   Updated at 12:31 PM
   
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Edited on Fri Apr-25-08 10:58 AM by kpete
BREAKING NEWS: U.S military-contracted ship fires on Iranian boat, U.S. defense official tells Reuters

just now on MSNBC

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A ship contracted by the U.S Military Sealift Command has fired at least one shot toward an Iranian boat, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.

"It was an MSC vessel," the official said, confirming the ship fired on an Iranian boat.

Other details were not immediately available.

(Reporting by Kristin Roberts, Editing by Lori Santos)

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSWAT009399200...

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sinkingfeeling  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 10:58 AM
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1. Here we go!! Impeach the f***king idiots NOW!!
   
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L. Coyote  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 10:58 AM
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2. "U.S. defense official tells Reuters"
   
Edited on Fri Apr-25-08 10:59 AM by L. Coyote
but, does anyone still believe them?

You can't "Gulf of Tonkin" us like in the old days!
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NightWatcher  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 10:58 AM
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3. "military contracted"? so Blackwater is trying to start the next war?
   
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mcctatas  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 11:00 AM
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6. Is there nothing these mofo's won't out-source?
   
:grr:
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The Stranger  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 11:00 AM
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4. What is an "MSC" vessel?
   
Is it related to "MSNBC"?
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NightWatcher  Donating Member  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 11:02 AM
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8. U.S Military Sealift Command= support servics boat
   
they carry everything from fuel to food and other supplies. Often contracted near theater of operations based from other "friendly" ports.
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mcctatas  (1000+ posts) Journal  Click to send private message to this author  Click to view this author's profile  Click to add this author to your buddy list  Click to add this author to your Ignore list      Fri Apr-25-08 11:00 AM
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6. Is there nothing these mofo's won't out-source?
   
:grr:

See WE.........................I told ya