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Navy: Ship fired warning shots at Iranian craft in December
By Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jan 11, 2008 13:09:17 EST
Posted : Friday Jan 11, 2008 13:09:17 EST
CAIRO, Egypt — The Navy said Friday that one of its ships fired warning shots at a small Iranian boat in the Strait of Hormuz in December during one of two serious encounters that month.
The dock landing ship Whidbey Island fired the warning shots on Dec. 19 in response to a small Iranian boat that was rapidly approaching it, said a Navy official.
“One small (Iranian) craft was coming toward it, and it stopped after the Whidbey Island fired warning shots,” said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
It was the first official confirmation that the United States had fired warning shots in any recent confrontation with Iran in the Gulf.
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