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The Persian Gulf of Tonkin

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By SEBASTIAN ABBOT, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 7 minutes ago

CAIRO, Egypt - The U.S. Navy said Friday that one of its ships fired warning shots at a small Iranian boat in the Strait of Hormuz in December during one of two serious encounters that month.
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The USS Whidbey Island fired the warning shots on Dec. 19 in response to a small Iranian boat that was rapidly approaching it, said a U.S. Navy official.

"One small (Iranian) craft was coming toward it, and it stopped after the Whidbey Island fired warning shots," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

It was the first official confirmation that the United States had fired warning shots in any recent confrontation with Iran in the Gulf.

...any real enemy of the United States would encourage Bush to start a war with Iran...then Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Libya and so on. But first such an enemy would start with Iraq.

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