Iran warned after incident in shipping lane

[lovuian]

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Iran has been warned by the U.S that it will not get away with provocative manoeuvres against U.S Navy ships.

An Saturday, five Revolutionary Guard speedboats threatened to ram U.S warships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Iranians sped away when the U.S ships prepared to open fire.

The U.S has described the incident as a serious threat while Iran has dismissed it as commonplace and recurrent.
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They have been warned!!! Warned means shoot next

[JohnyCanuck]

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, boys and girls? Or how about

The American press, however, had no doubts about who was responsible for sinking the Maine. It was the cowardly Spanish, they cried. William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal even published pictures. They showed how Spanish saboteurs had fastened an underwater mine to the Maine and had detonated it from shore.

As one of the few sources of public information, newspapers had reached unprecedented influence and importance. Journalistic giants, such as Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer of the World, viciously competed for the reader's attention. They were determined to reach a daily circulation of a million people, and they didn't mind fabricating stories in order to reach their goal.

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"There is no war," Remington wrote to his boss. "Request to be recalled."

Remington's boss, William Randolph Hearst, sent a cable in reply: "Please remain. You furnish the pictures, I'll furnish the war." Hearst was true to his word. For weeks after the Maine disaster, the Journal devoted more than eight pages a day to the story. Not to be outdone, other papers followed Hearst's lead. Hundreds of editorials demanded that the Maine and American honor be avenged. Many Americans agreed. Soon a rallying cry could be heard everywhere -- in the papers, on the streets, and in the halls of Congress: "Remember the Maine! To hell with Spain."

http://www.smplanet.com/imperialism/remember.html