US ship fires warning shot in encounter with Iranian boat: Pentagon
The Pentagon says a US Coast Guard vessel has fired a warning shot after a tense encounter with an Iranian fishing boat in the Persian Gulf./ On Tuesday, US military officials claimed that the Coast Guard cutter Monomoy fired the warning shot after a machine gun on the Iranian dhow aimed at US forces. They said the fishing boat pulled away following the shot and nobody was hurt. Iranian officials have yet to comment on the incident. "In any event, the dhow pulled away and nobody was hurt," Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby told ...
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