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Revolutionary Guards patrol Persian Gulf  U.S. military: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has taken command of Iranian naval operations in the Gulf Iran military lauds suicide attack  A naval commander Monday said his forces are willing to carry out suicide missions when facing enemy forces in the Persian Gulf   U.S. tracking N. Korea cargo  The U.S. military and intelligence have been tracking several shipments of material have left North Korea and are destined for Syria   British sailors held by Iran return to duty  7 of the 15 Royal Navy personnel are back in the Persian Gulf searching for smugglers on the frigate HMS Cornwall   Navy captives 'face legal action'  Legal action is being taken against 15 British personnel held captive by Iran for 'entering Iranian waters'   Iran offers UK access to sailors  Iran has offered to let UK officials visit the 15 Navy personnel who were captured in the Gulf   Iran accuses Britain over sailors   Iranian government: 15 navy personnel captured at gunpoint by Iranian forces had sailed into Iran's waters illegally Iran seizes 15 British sailors Map of http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/interactive/maps/world/persian.gulf/popup.iraq.shatt.al.arab.gif
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U.S.: Cargo ship fires shots in Persian Gulf  A U.S.-contracted cargo ship Westward Venture fired warning shots at two small patrol boats believed to be from Iran U.S. Navy ships move closer to Lebanon  The Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off Lebanon US reveals new Iran 'incidents'   Iranian speedboats approached US warships in 2 previously undisclosed incidents in the Strait of Hormuz in December Iran boats threatened US ships

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Apr.25   Iran

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Feb.28   Lebanon

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Jan.11   Iran
Jan.7   Iran
  5 speedboats harassed 3 US navy ships, approaching them and radioing a threat to blow them up
 The video and audio recordings shot from one of the three US ships, shows several small boats approaching at high speed. Iran has dismissed the incident as a 'routine' encounter


year 2007 Top ^

Nov.29   Iran
  Iran
Sep.18   Syria
May.1   Iraq
Mar.31   Iran
Mar.28   Iran
Mar.23   Iran
  Iran
  The naval patrol seized sailors who had boarded a vessel suspected of smuggling cars off the coast of Iraq
 The Royal Marines and naval officers were have been apprehended by up to 6 ships from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. The British government demanded the safe return of its troops and summoned Tehran's ambassador to explain the incident. Iran had asked Britain's ambassador to explain why the personnel had crossed into Iranian territory

year 2006 Top ^

Jul.14   Southern Lebanon   4 Israelis missing after naval raid
  4 servicemen are missing after one of its vessels was struck by a missile fired by Hezbollah militants
Jul.13   Beirut Israel imposes Lebanon blockade
  The warships have blocked ports, and Lebanon international airport was closed after Israeli bombing
Apr.2   Iran High-speed underwater missile test-fired  Iran announced its 2nd major new test within days, saying it's capable of destroying warships and submarines

year 2004 Top ^

Jul.23   Gulf U.S. carrier collides with boat  USS John F. Kennedy has collided with a dhow while on patrol. No survivors from a small vessel, were found Jun.23   Iran   Iran orders UK boat crew release  The 8 crew members of 3 patrol boats seized by Iran near the border with Iraq are to be released Jun.21   Iran   '3 UK vessels seized'  Iran says it has seized 3 British navy vessels inside its territorial waters near the Iraqi border

year 2003 Top ^

Dec.20   Gulf US stops 'al-Qaeda drugs boats'  2 Arab sailing boats carrying illegal drugs have been seized in the northern Arabian Sea Dec.19   Gulf US Navy 'seizes Gulf drug ship' Aug.9   Iraq Navy blocks oil smuggler ship

year 2002 Top ^

Dec.11   Yemen U.S. lets Scud ship sail to Yemen  U.S. officials allowed a freighter to proceed after the Yemeni government said it purchased the missiles from North Korea Dec.10   Yemen Scud missile ship seized  12 missiles were found aboard unflagged ship, called the So San, that stopped in the Indian Ocean by a Spanish frigate Jan.4   Israel Israel seizes arms shipment  Israel has intercepted a boat in the Red Sea carrying 50 tons of weapons for the Palestinian Authority

year 2000 Top ^

Oct.12   Yemen 17 U.S. sailors on Cole die in explosion
  Attack was apparently a carefully planned terrorist act carried out by suicide bombers




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