Iran: ‘American Sailors Started Crying After Arrest’!

[MikeK]

Another conspiracy theory again Boy?

It's not a conspiracy theory. There is too much cause for suspicion.

 

[charwin95]

Another conspiracy theory again Boy?

It's not a conspiracy theory. There is too much cause for suspicion.

I do agree from your post #8 that it's very suspicious. I sail a lot and it's hard for me to believe that these sailors got lost or some kind of boat malfunctions. That is 2 boats. Then end up in this tiny island in the middle of Persian gulf.
However I'm quoting dBoy how in the world he is coming out with all these bs. And always mixed up with his hatred with the facts.

 

[waltky]

Nothing wrong with Riverine boat GPS...

GPS Devices Taken from Captured US Naval Boats Working, Iran Says
Jan 19, 2016 | The U.S. Navy said Monday that the 10 American sailors aboard two patrol craft seized at gunpoint by Iran last week had "deviated" from their assigned route although Iran claimed that the sailors' GPS devices were in working order.

A timeline on the international incident that threatened to unravel the nuclear deal with Iran and the swap of prisoners left unclear how the patrol craft became lost in the Persian Gulf on a routine daylight move between Kuwait and Bahrain. There was also a "mechanical issue" aboard one of the boats but "it's not clear the crew was aware of their exact location" when two small Iranian craft approached with Iranian Revolutionary Guards aboard brandishing weapons, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said in a statement. Statements Monday issued by Iran's legislature added to the mystery of how the sailors came to be stopped in the water three miles inside Iran's territorial waters off Farsi island in the middle of the Persian Gulf.

The Pentagon released this file image of the Riverine Command Boat, two of which entered Iranian territorial waters on Tuesday, resulting in 10 American sailors being held by Iranian authorities.​

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and other high-ranking officials said last week that a "navigational error" appeared to be the cause and suggested that an equipment malfunction may have sent the boats off course. However, a statement from Iran's parliament cited Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps officials as saying that the U.S. sailors should have been aware of their location. "The coordinates recorded on the GPS devices taken from the 10 U.S. marines (sic) confirmed their trespassing" into waters off heavily-guarded Farsi island, the semi-official Fars news agency reported of the parlimentary statement.

The statement from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command said, "A post-recovery inventory of the boats found that all weapons, ammunition and communication gear are accounted for minus two SIM cards that appear to have been removed from two hand-held satellite phones." Photos and video of the incident released by Iranian media had shown numerous automatic weapons and belts of ammunition being confiscated by the Iranians and lined up as a display on the deck of one of the captured boats. In giving the timeline, the command said it was only preliminary and a full account would come from an investigation that began on Jan. 14, the day after the two boats and the 10 sailors, including nine males and one female, were returned and were picked up by the U.S. guided-missile cruiser Anzio.

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