Officials: U.S. Navy seizes suspected Iranian weapons set for Yemen

The USS Forrest Sherman was conducting routine maritime operations when sailors noticed a small boat exhibiting behavior similar to other vessels involved in smuggling, a Defense official told NBC News. By the time the U.S. Navy warship approached, the vessel was"dead in the water" due to engine failure. The boat was not flying a flag, and the Navy and Coast Guard personnel boarded it for inspection and flag verification — a process allowed under international law.

The officials said the U.S. is still examining the weapons to specifically pinpoint their origin. But they said the missile parts had all the hallmarks of previous Iranian weapons that have been found in Yemen or Saudi Arabia.The Iranian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but it has long denied supplying arms, including missile parts, to the Houthis.

Nearly two years ago, U.S. officials laid out a display of truck-sized missile remnants at a military base in Maryland, telling reporters that they had been launched into Saudi Arabia from inside Yemen. At the time, then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said U.S. intelligence experts had concluded"unequivocally" that the weapons came from Iran.

What a joke😁😁😁Trump administration always makes a pig’s ear of that& committing political embarrassing gaffes,but eventually the heavy-handed administration will have to reconcile itself to the fact that, Iran is unbowed,unbent,unbroken&indestructible.

Great Job

American foreign policy is evil, and we are all complicit

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How could that be possible

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