USA’s navy claiming self defense fired on a wooden fishing boat in the same way that it did when it shot down Iran Air Flight 655 that killed 290 on board including 66 children. The crew of the fishing boat was lucky that the USA’s navy did not blow them out o the water with a missile or none of them would have survived. By leaving the wreck without checking if they shot at friend or foe indicates that they were having fun. They didn’t care whom they shot at and didn’t give a damn if they were dead or alive. Life has never been so cheap in the eyes of these murderers. They are obviously hoping to hit at someone that will respond in kind and voila; WORLD WAR 3. “Self defense” is like a broken record that USA’s soldiers like to play over and over whenever they killed people by accident, by sear carelessness or just for “what the heck; killing is fun.”
The USA’s navy is in the Persian Gulf looking for a fight; nothing else. With this incident; Iranians must be laughing at the Americans to their heart content.
Wikipedia: Iran Air Flight 655 was a civilian jet airliner shot down by U.S. missiles on 3 July 1988 as it flew over the Strait of Hormuz at the end of the Iran–Iraq War. The aircraft, an Airbus A300B2-203 operated by Iran Air, was flying from Bandar Abbas, Iran to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. While flying in Iranian airspace over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on its usual flight path, it was destroyed by the United States Navyguided missile cruiser USS Vincennes (CG-49). All 290 onboard including 66 children and 16 crew perished.
Trigger happy US Navy brings Wild West to Persian Gulf
The US navy’s fatal shooting of a small fishing boat in the Persian Gulf this week killing one of its crew not only raises questions about criminal disregard for civilian life and international law, it also points up the Pentagon’s reckless militarization of the strategic waterway.
Somewhat ludicrously, the American news media amplified the US navy’s supposed defense by trying to blame the deadly incident on Iran. The New York Times, among others, pointed out that Iran has been stoking tensions in the Persian Gulf with threats to close the Strait of Hormuz. Note how Iran’s legitimate defensive response to war threats and embargos is turned on its head to be presented as a provocation. Also the Western media noted that the Iranian navy specializes in the use of small speed boats to mount attacks.
The Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations twisted the absurd logic even further: “While much of the world's attention focuses on Iran's nuclear program, Tehran has made considerable progress on another security front in recent years - steadily increasing the reach and lethality of its naval forces.” So Iran can’t even have a navy now without that being seen as a threat to world peace?
The Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations twisted the absurd logic even further: “While much of the world's attention focuses on Iran's nuclear program, Tehran has made considerable progress on another security front in recent years - steadily increasing the reach and lethality of its naval forces
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Furthermore, and more damning, is that surviving crew from the fishing boat say that “no warning shots or signals” were given by the USNS Rappahannock.
“We had no warning at all from the ship. We were speeding up to try and go around them and then suddenly we got fired at,” 28-year-old Muthu Muniraj told Reuters from a hospital in Dubai. “We know warning signs and sounds and there were none; it was very sudden. My friend was killed, he's gone. I don't understand what happened,” said Muniraj, whose legs were punctured by the rounds of the US ship’s .50-caliber gun.
His colleague, 35-year-old Muthu Kannan, who received a gunshot wound to the abdomen, said: “We were fishing and then on the way back they started shooting at us, so many shots, like a storm.”
Also, the survivors say, the American warship turned away immediately after firing, leaving the machine-gun raked fishing boat and those fatally wounded unaided. The vessel had to limp its own way back to port near Dubai where the injured were hastily treated. In this account, the US navy fired gratuitously on a civilian vessel.
“We had no warning at all from the ship. We were speeding up to try and go around them and then suddenly we got fired at,” 28-year-old Muthu Muniraj told Reuters from a hospital in Dubai. “We know warning signs and sounds and there were none; it was very sudden. My friend was killed, he's gone. I don't understand what happened,” said Muniraj, whose legs were punctured by the rounds of the US ship’s .50-caliber gun.
His colleague, 35-year-old Muthu Kannan, who received a gunshot wound to the abdomen, said: “We were fishing and then on the way back they started shooting at us, so many shots, like a storm.”
Also, the survivors say, the American warship turned away immediately after firing, leaving the machine-gun raked fishing boat and those fatally wounded unaided. The vessel had to limp its own way back to port near Dubai where the injured were hastily treated. In this account, the US navy fired gratuitously on a civilian vessel.
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