US Coast Guard fires at Iranian boat in Gulf
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.S. Navy says a Coast Guard vessel has fired in self-defense on an Iranian boat in the Persian Gulf, and that no Americans were wounded in the encounter. U.S. 5th Fleet spokesman Cmdr. Kevin Stephens said Wednesday the crew on a small boat dispatched from the U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat Monomoy fired a single shot when it saw crew on the Iranian dhow preparing to fire a .50-caliber machine gun. Stephens says the incident happened in international waters at around 11:30 a.m. local time Tuesday. It was not ...
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