USS Kidd (DDG 100) board the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai

ARABIAN SEA (Jan. 5, 2012) A visit, board, search and seizure team, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100), board the Iranian-flagged fishing dhow Al Molai. Kidd's visit, board, search and seizure team detained 15 suspected pirates, who were holding a 13-member Iranian crew hostage for the last two months, according to the members of the crew. Kidd is conducting counter-piracy and maritime security operations while deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy video/Released)

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[salakast]

@RyanR3volution piracy is different. pirates usually dont attack giant naval vessels, they usually attack small yachts and privately owned ships. they ARE a threat, to everyone in the indian ocean

[RyanR3volution]

@Stoperand

Well maybe the United States should stop wasting money overseas while at home Congress cannot even balance a budget, I'm pretty sure these pirates were not a threat to our national security.

[Stoperand]

@RyanR3volution Pirates don't care about your opinion on foreign policy.

[DirtyRed703]

@Beheamouth666 I hope you are at least in, or have served in an armed service. At least then we know that you're not hiding behind your keyboard and saying others should pay your way through life.

[DirtyRed703]

@1shababi Iranian fishermen are not enemies of America. This is real. There are also photos. This is just a clip of video taken from a helicopter that reported the situation after they noticed a skiff tied to the back of it.

[griswoldkyle]

@thefifthlord1 The Persian Gulf is the area contained past, north-west, of the the Straits of Hormuz, the water east of Saudi Arabia, west of Iran and south of Kuwait and Iraq.

The Arabian Sea is the water directly outside of the Straits of Hormuz. Its South of Iran, Oman, Parts of Pakistan and some of Yemen.

If you want a source, open ANY geography book. This is not mine, or America's objective opinion, this is a subjective fact.

[Akownerz]

@fadedyouthtube Uneducated is a stretch. We are not all fat, racist, so stop profiling - you ignorant idiot. Also do you even know what xenophobic means? Definition: "unreasonably fearful of or hating anyone or anything foreign or strange." Sounds awfully like you. You're an idiot.

[SuperMrmuddy]

bla bla bla....america the saviour...shit...tell that to the kids they dropped napalm on in vietnam....

[JeffreyOsb]

@thefifthlord1 Where are you? I can name countless sources from two decades ago calling it the gulf war. Do go on though, I'd love to hear your sources.

[Hperman09]

@JeffreyOsb It was called for many reasons: First Gulf War, Gulf War 1, First Iraq War, Iraq War 1, 1991 Gulf War, Persian Gulf War, Gulf War of 1991, 1991 Iraq War, and many names they called it by the media.