U.S. fires on Iranian fishing boat in Persian Gulf
The U.S. Navy said a U.S. Coast Guard ship fired at an Iranian fishing vessel in the Persian Gulf after it aimed a machine gun at U.S. personnel. when the Coast Guard patrol vessel Monomoy sent a crew in an inflatable boat to "query the Iranian dhow" and "the dhow's crew trained and prepared to fire a .50 caliber machine gun on their small boat as it approached," according to a statement by the Navy Fifth Fleet, stationed in Bahrain. The aiming of the machine gun was "demonstrated hostile intent," the statement said, and the Coast Guard ...
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