Iran Warns U.S. on carrier movement

[CMF Newsman]

The head of Iran’s army warned the U.S. against sending an aircraft carrier back to the Persian Gulf after it passed through the Strait of Hormuz a week ago.

“We usually don’t repeat our warning, and we warn only once,” Ataollah Salehi was cited as saying by the state-run Fars news agency. “We recommend and emphasize to the American carrier not to return to the Persian Gulf.”

The USS John C. Stennis, which Iran said it spotted during naval exercises, passed eastward through the Strait of Hormuz on Dec. 27 on a routine voyage and was operating in the northern Arabian Sea, said the U.S. 5th Fleet, which has a base in Bahrain. Salehi spoke today at a ceremony to mark the completion of 10 days of maneuvers by the Iranian navy on the east side of the strait in the Gulf of Oman.

Iran will block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz if sanctions are imposed on its crude exports, as the U.S. and European Union have threatened, the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency said on Dec. 27, citing Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi. Navy Commander Habibollah Sayyari said the blockage would be “easy,” according to the country’s Press TV.

Read more: www.businessweek.com/news/2012-01-03/iran-warns-u-s-against-sending-aircraft-carrier-back-to-gulf.html

[LimitedRecourse]

Good luck with that, Iran.

[mikeydokey]

Damn, they're not happy enough that we gave them Iraq? Now we have to give them the Strait too? We should give em the White House to go with it but I think they already have it.

[Gary]

You know what word will be used to describe the Iranian Navy if they try to go mano-a-mano with the US Navy?

"Scrap"

[joedog]

Scrap means you can recycle it, use it again for something else.
I was thinking more "artificial reefs".
The Iranian Air Farce may be called "scrap" afterwards.

[ssmynkint]

cinders and slag. Much like Mikey's "brain".

[Deleted]

USS Cole.

Just sayin'.