Iran, U.S. warships face down in Suez

[cali]

Published: Feb. 21, 2011 at 11:15 PM

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Navy warships are keeping a close eye on two Iranian warships expected to make a rare passage through the Suez Canal, a U.S. spokesman says.

"If the ships move through the canal, we will evaluate what they actually do," State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said. "It's not really about the ships. It's about what the ships are carrying, what's their destination, what's the cargo on board, where's it going, to whom and for what benefit."

Iran's Kharg cruiser and Alvand missile destroyer were waiting to enter the Suez at the southern Red Sea entrance opposite the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, the missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf and the fast supply ship USNS Arctic, the Jerusalem-based military intelligence-oriented news Web site Debkafile reported Monday.



Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2011/02/21/Iran-US-warships-face-down-in-Suez/UPI-96131298337983/#ixzz1EhPhpLpO

[BeFree]

1. Unrec

For warmongering headline.

[maryf]

3. but we should be aware of what the press is putting out there...

gives us something to counter against...don'tcha think?

[cali]

6. exactly. what's being set up?

[cali]

5. uh, you do realize that that was the UPI headline, right?

[warren pease]

7. That's the title of the story on the website.

Rec to correct your mistake (I suppose).

wp

[Jackpine Radical]

8. Unfair unrec.

That was the headline it came with.

We need the story WITH the headline. You don't just unrec or otherwise try to block news stories because you disapprove of the actions they report. That's what the RW does, and shrinks have a name for it: Denial.

[BeFree]

10. No

I can fucking unrec any damn thing I please, tyvm.

If you thought about it for one moment, you might agree to express your displeasure with such warmongering no matter its source. Which is all I did.

[pintobean]

14. How is the headline warmongering?

It seems accurate to me. What headline would you put on this story?

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. See #13 - the USS Enterprise is about 1500 miles away (nt)

[BeFree]

16. New Headline

Two ships pass each other and not a shot was fired.

Of course the MIC wants everybody on high alert. Those dangerous Iranians are out to kill all of us and if we don't kill them over there, we'll have to kill them over here?

I am sick and tired of the bullshit and will no longer support it in any shape or form it takes.

The OP headline was a warmongering headline. You think it was a PEACE headline like my mine?

[Renew Deal]

17. Thanks for demonstrating why unrec is a useless feature

:thumbsup:

[BeFree]

19. Quite usefull

Look at the discussion that ensued.

Using it just as a tool without a comment does make it useless and useless people use it that way.
I, on the other hand, nearly always let it be known why I am using that tool.

And it is a warmongering headline. Don't you think?

[Renew Deal]

20. Yes, you hijacked the thread

Super useful

[BeFree]

21. Oh bullshit

The headline is a warmongering headline.
I clearly expressed my thought.

Now, can you attempt the same or do you want to keep attacking me?

[maryf]

2. hmmm

something to keep an eye out for...rec.

[theoldman]

4. You mean that no one knows what they are carrying?

Maybe our spies aren't doing a very good job. I bet the Israelis know what's on board.

[IScreamSundays]

18. hopefully it is relief for Gaza nt

[sufrommich]

9. That UPI headline seems a little over the top. I see no "facing

down" at all.

[Badfish]

11. a non story.

[malaise]

12. You'd think that the Iranian war ships were in

the Gulf of Mexico and not in their own neighborhood.
I'm sick of all the fucking empires.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Debkafile made this up - the Enterprise is already in the Indian Ocean

It went through the Suez Canal on Tuesday 15th: http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=58633

and reached the Gulf of Aden on the 18th: http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=58681

and was involved in the shadowing of the Quest yacht hijacked in the Indian Ocean: http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62885

This is hype to manufacture a story and, if DEBKA get their way, Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.

[Lars77]

22. Aren't warships allowed through the Panama canal? nt