U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors

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U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors

(CNN) -- U.S. sailors from a carrier strike group whose recent presence in the Persian Gulf drew the ire of Iranian military officials have rescued 13 of the Middle Eastern country's sailors from a hijacked fishing boat, a military spokesman said Friday.

The destroyer USS Kidd came to the aid of the ship Thursday in the North Arabian sea, near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, according to the Navy.

The rescue prompted the captain of the freed ship to offer his "sincere gratitude," according to Josh Schminky, a Navy Criminal Investigative Service agent aboard the Kidd.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/06/world/...html?hpt=hp_c2

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U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors

(CNN) -- U.S. sailors from a carrier strike group whose recent presence in the Persian Gulf drew the ire of Iranian military officials have rescued 13 of the Middle Eastern country's sailors from a hijacked fishing boat, a military spokesman said Friday.

The destroyer USS Kidd came to the aid of the ship Thursday in the North Arabian sea, near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, according to the Navy.

The rescue prompted the captain of the freed ship to offer his "sincere gratitude," according to Josh Schminky, a Navy Criminal Investigative Service agent aboard the Kidd.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/06/world/...html?hpt=hp_c2

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Even more so that it was the Kidd.

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U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors

(CNN) -- U.S. sailors from a carrier strike group whose recent presence in the Persian Gulf drew the ire of Iranian military officials have rescued 13 of the Middle Eastern country's sailors from a hijacked fishing boat, a military spokesman said Friday.

The destroyer USS Kidd came to the aid of the ship Thursday in the North Arabian sea, near the crucial Strait of Hormuz, according to the Navy.

The rescue prompted the captain of the freed ship to offer his "sincere gratitude," according to Josh Schminky, a Navy Criminal Investigative Service agent aboard the Kidd.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/06/world/...html?hpt=hp_c2

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It is decency. I was very proud of our Navy and our government.

[wanderingbear]

They were fishermen not sailors.

[Don Quixote]

It is decency. I was very proud of our Navy and our government.

correct, it was the right thing to do

[Don Quixote]

They were fishermen not sailors.

technically fishermen are sailors...they 'sail' on water, hence they are sailors

[sedan]

technically fishermen are sailors...they 'sail' on water, hence they are sailors

While that is strictly true, the headline is misleading.

Until I read the article I thought Iranian naval personnel had been rescued.

[Don Quixote]

While that is strictly true, the headline is misleading.

Until I read the article I thought Iranian naval personnel had been rescued.

sounds about right, but i am a literal type person...

maybe they should have referred to them as seamen

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Iran Hails U.S. Rescue of Sailors as 'Humanitarian and Positive' Act

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/01...#ixzz1inI9YlRv

i didn't think they would respond positively

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For those unaware of the trivial nuances in naval history, the Kidd was originally built (along with 3 others) as part of the Kidd class of destroyers for the Shah or Iran. However, as we all know the Shah was deposed. So we ended up keeping them. And now what was supposed to be an Iranian ship ends up saving Iranian saliors.

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They were fishermen not sailors.

I very much doubt that this has been reported in Iran though, unless you know different?