U.S. Navy ship fires at boat in Persian Gulf

[Ponce]

Here we go........get ready for the draft.
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Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. military supply ship fired Monday at a small boat in the Persian Gulf after it came too close, apparently killing one person on board, two U.S. officials said.

The USNS Rappahannock, a fuel resupply ship, fired on what the officials called a "small, white pleasure craft" 10 miles from the Dubai port of Jebel Ali.

The small boat appeared to be headed for that port, the officials said, adding that their information was preliminary. The U.S. ship verbally warned the smaller boat when it was 1,200 yards away and fired at least one warning shot before the decision was made to fire shots to disable the boat, the officials said.

"In accordance with Navy force protection procedures, the sailors on the USNS Rappahannock ... used a series of non-lethal, preplanned responses to warn the vessel before resorting to lethal force," the Navy said in a statement.

"The U.S. crew repeatedly attempted to warn the vessel's operators to turn away from their deliberate approach. When those efforts failed to deter the approaching vessel, the security team on the Rappahannock fired rounds from a .50-caliber machine gun."

Officials described the course of events as standard procedures when a small boat gets too close to a U.S. Navy ship.

The officials, who would not be identified because of the sensitivity of the situation, also described the small boat as having made a series of maneuvers, but emphasized they were waiting for more details about what exactly happened.

The incident is under investigation.

[Manu]

Get ready for the draft?

[Ponce]

Yes, we are now making the same mistake that Herr Hitler made is WWII by fighting in to many fronts at the same time, to keep up our wars of "liberation" we need more troops in the field and because all National Guards are already bussy we do need fresh meat......remember that they can draft you even if you are 42 years old........also remember that a National Guard Dr. was called back in at the age of 64..............also, when the riots starts in America then more troops will be needed.

[Manu]

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[Pappy&Me]

The catholics used arabs to take over N.Africa.Much evidence they were the creators of islam. From the evidence of wars in past 60 years or so,we are using them now to bring down nations and set up dictatorships. Since the clintons this has escalated from the balkans to the latest murders in N.Africa .When will our troops start asking questions is the part thats mind boggling. they give an oath to protect us from both foreghn and DOMESTIC enemies.