it may have, we will have to see what happens next... sounds like something serious was about to go down....

WASHINGTON – U.S. officials tell NBC News that at least one person was killed and three others injured when a U.S. Navy ship, the USNS Rappahannock, opened fire on a small boat about 10 miles offshore from Dubai in the Persian Gulf on Monday.

The U.S. officials say the boat, possibly a pleasure craft, ignored warnings and was closing in on the U.S. Navy supply ship in an "aggressive and threatening manner."

The crew aboard the Navy ship sent out repeated warnings, including radio calls, flashing lights, lasers and ultimately warning shots from a 50-caliber machine gun. When the boat failed to heed the warnings, the crew was ordered to open fire with the 50-caliber gun.

According to a press release from the Navy, “in accordance with Navy force protection procedures, the sailors on the USNS Rappahannock (T-AO 204) used a series of non-lethal, preplanned responses to warn the vessel before resorting to lethal force.”

U.S. officials say as of now it's unclear whether the dead and injured are from the United Arab Emirates or India, but they stress there is no indication that Iran or Iranians were in anyway involved in Monday's incident.

http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/201...ing-three?lite/

another good article on the subject, saying that there is a possibility, but not probability it was Iran...

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/dotmil/...o-iran-al-qaeda

it didn't

Hopefully they up their Suicide Boaters schedule and offer our guys some more target practice.

you are correct Marsha, the ship is a re oiler for the fleet over there, its a big bomb basically... it would have been BAD....

also, the US is sending the USS Stennis (carrier) and an AEGIS Ballistic Missile interceptor/Destroyer, over there 4 months earlier than it was going to, and they are staying twice as long as what they originally planned, due to Irans nuke stuff and the threat about closing the Straight of Hormuz...

its only a matter of time before Iran gets bitch slapped, either by Israel, or by us.... or both...

here is that article...

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/0...ing-longer?lite

for those that dont know, the Stennis is a nuclear powered Super Carrier and its home is Bremerton... that will make 4 carriers over there at once when it arrives...