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html#vid=27801508&playlistI d=15749625&browseCarouselUI=hide Just days after Iranian and American military officials traded warnings over a US 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 US Navy aircraft carrier strike group that Iranian army officials had earlier boasted of evicting from Gulf waters.
"The pirates didn't resist and surrendered quickly in the rescue" operation, which occurred on Thursday. The Iranian fishermen "were held hostage, with limited rations, and we believe were forced against their will to assist the pirates with other piracy operations," Josh Schminky, a Navy Criminal Investigative Service agent aboard the Kidd, explained in the Navy statement, according to the Bloomberg report. The Navy has posted an unclassified YouTube video of the rescue operation--seemingly eager to play up the good turn the American Navy has done for the Iranian fishermen. Craig Fuller, to congratulate him on the "well executed" rescue operation, Pentagon spokesman George Little said Friday. Secretary Panetta "said, 'When we get a distress signal, we're going to respond,'" Little relayed in a statement sent to Yahoo News. Craig S Faller to congratulate him for rescuing 13 Iranian ... Not to make too much of the opportunity to win Iranian hearts and minds, of course. Earlier this week, Iran's Army chief Ataolla Salehi asserted that Iranian military exercises had prompted a US Navy aircraft carrier to vacate the Persian Gulf. And he warned the United States about any plans for the carrier's return.
"I advise, recommend and warn them over the return of this carrier to the Persian Gulf because we are not in the habit of warning more than once." Salehi didn't name the American naval vessel in question, "but the USS John C Stennis leads a task force in the region, and the US Navy's 5th Fleet website pictured it in the Arabian Sea last week," Reuters reported. "We are committed to protecting maritime freedoms that are the basis for global prosperity," the Pentagon's Little said Tuesday. "This is one of the main reasons our military forces operate in the region." Tensions have been rising between the United States and Iran in recent weeks, with Iranian officials issuing a series of erratic threats about their military capacity to control the Strait of Hormuz, a key global energy transport hub. On Sunday January 1, President Obama signed legislation that could penalize any institution that does business with Iran's Central Bank--a chief source of Iran's revenues for oil exports. European diplomats also said this week that they're preparing a ban throughout the EU on the import of Iranian oil that would go into place at the end of the month. Iranian officials have given numerous statements the past week indicating they would like to return to international nuclear talks.
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Handout photo shows a US sailor from a destroyer with the USS John C Stennis carrier strike group greeting a crew member of the Iranian-flagged dhow Al Molai after rescuing the fishing vessel ...
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Boston, Massachusetts o 2 days 11 hrs ago It's called "integrity." Integrity is doing the right thing when no one is looking. We should all be proud of our Navy sailors for doing this! These people were fishermen- innocent civilians- not Iranian military or government leaders. This is the best morally positive PR the US could possibly hope for.
Davenport, Iowa o 2 days 10 hrs ago Unfortunately the Iranian people will probably never hear of it, it would be working against their governments propaganda program to show we are not the evil threat they portray us to be.
USvetAF 2 days 11 hrs ago These were fishermen, not military personnel. The United States Navy did awesome job displaying the values and morals the United States (most). Regardless of what other Iranians think, there are now 13 Iranians grateful for the presence of the United States in those waters.
average citizens of all countries just want to live a peaceful life. It is the governments (ALL governments) posturing that is creating all the tensions (wars) around the globe.
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