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The Economic Times
| 10 months ago
A day after the Pentagon stuck to its position that the fishing boat had ignored warnings, UAE authorities have come to the conclusion that no warnings were issued before the fatal shots were fired by the US Navy ship. The police in Dubai are...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
Dubai's police chief has rejected the US claim that its navy ship had forewarned the Indian fishermen before opening fire and killing one of them. "According to our findings and testimonies of the injured, I believe that they told the truth,"...
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The Hindustan Times
| 10 months ago
The US ship that fired at Indian fishermen off the Dubai coast, killing one and injuring three, did not warn them, Dubai Police commander-in-chief was quoted as saying on Thursday. According to the testimony of the injured, the Indian fishermen...
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Open Democracy
| 10 months ago
The core ingredient of the standoff is the rooted suspicion on both sides. Tehran has become ever more convinced that Washington is uninterested in reaching any kind of (to it) remotely acceptable deal , and rather is intent on demanding a near-total...
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Jerusalem Post
| 10 months ago
We've invested in capabilities to ensure that Iranian attempt to close down shipping" is something we can defeat," said Panetta. The United States has the military capacity to defeat any Iranian attempt to shut down sea commerce in the oil-rich Gulf...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
The United States and Britain will not tolerate Iranian attempts to block the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, defense chiefs from the two Western powers said Wednesday. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his counterpart Philip Hammond...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
The U.S. officially Tuesday confirmed that shots were fired by a U.S. Navy vessel, killing an India n national and injuring three others off a Dubai port Monday afternoon, India n officials said...Ambassador to India Nancy Powell, in a telephonic...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
India said it is working with authorities in Dubai and the United States over the death of an Indian fisherman around 10 miles off the United Arab Emirates coast...Krishna sent his condolences to the family of the fisherman, as yet not named, who was...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Must Read Sponsorship Link Dubai 's police chief, Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim said in a telephonic interview with The National that the fishing vessel was in the right directing and did not receive any warning signs. "The boat was in its right...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
The US has said it will share with India transparently the results of its probe into the naval ship shooting incident that killed an Indian fisherman in UAE waters, even as the survivors disputed the Pentagon's claim that they were forewarned.
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NewKerala
| 10 months ago
Indian fishermen who survived a gunfire onslaught from a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Dubai have said that the Americans did not give any warning before shooting at their boat. Rappahannock, a refuelling ship, in an incident that appears to be...
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DAWN
| 10 months ago
The United States and about 20 other nations will hold a major anti-mine operation near the Gulf in September, the Pentagon said Tuesday, after Iran threatened it could block oil shipments. The maneuvers, including a symposium on mine countermeasures,...
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Time of India
| 10 months ago
The killing of an Indian fisherman in firing from a US Navy ship off the port of Jebel Ali, Dubai , has created to a mini diplomatic crisis, with India asking the UAE authorities to investigate the incident in which three other Indians were also...
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Epoch Times
| 10 months ago
July 17, 2012 Both the United States and the United Arab Emirates are investigating the death of an Indian fisherman, after his boat was shot at Monday by a U.S...Rappahannock refueling ship, which gave several nonlethal warnings. After the warnings...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
The Pentagon on Tuesday insisted that the US naval ship had issued several warning to a fishing boat in the Persian Gulf before it fired shots killing an Indian fisherman and injuring three others. "Based on what we know now, a series of warning...
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The Hindu
| 10 months ago
Navy claims it was forced to open fire after fishing boat failed to heed warnings A day after a U.S warship fired on a fishing boat, killing an Indian and injuring three more, a top official of the United Arab Emirates appeared to be contradicting...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 10 months ago
The US on Tuesday regretted the loss of life of an Indian fisherman in a US Navy ship firing incident in Dubai and assured full probe to India, which termed the killing as "unfortunate". India also noted that the UAE government has filed a case in...
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
Tuesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke pointed to a gloomy outlook for the US economy, the world's biggest consumer of crude. Traders also reacted to tensions over major producer Iran, which insisted that US military deployment in the Gulf...
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United Press International
| 10 months ago
Iran condemned what it described as adventurism by the U.S. military in the Persian Gulf, saying a maritime shooting incident threatened regional stability. An Indian fisherman died and three other sailors were injured Monday after a U.S.
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
The Pentagon is building a missile defense radar station at a covert location in Qatar, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The site will be part of a system intended to defend the interests of the United States and its allies against Iranian...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 10 months ago
The US Navy ship fires warning shots to alert the small boat to stay clear, and when it doesn't comply, the US Navy ship opens fire on the boat.
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GMA News
| 10 months ago
Rappahannock, a refuelling ship, fired on the fishing vessel, which the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said approached at high speed and ignored repeated warnings. The incident highlighted the potential for a rapid escalation of tensions in Gulf waters,...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 10 months ago
Navy off Dubai's coast has told officials the crew received no warning before being fired upon, India's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday. One Indian was killed in the incident, and three of his countrymen were seriously wounded.
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
Navy ship opened fire on a fishing boat off the coast of Dubai yesterday, killing a person aboard the vessel after it ignored warnings not to approach, U.S. officials said. "An embarked security team aboard a U.S. Navy vessel fired upon a small motor...
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The Daily Star
| 10 months ago
Iran criticised Tuesday the actions of a U.S. navy ship that shot at an approaching fishing boat off the United Arab Emirates, saying the incident showed foreign forces threatened regional security. Rappahannock, opened fire on a small motor boat...
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International Business Times
| 10 months ago
A security team from a US Navy ship fired on a small boat off the coast of Dubai on Monday, killing one India n fisherman and injuring three others, a United Arab Emirates official said. Rappahannock fired on the small boat after it ignored warnings...
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NOW Lebanon
| 10 months ago
India called on the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday to probe the fatal shooting of an Indian fisherman by a US navy ship in waters off Dubai, the Indian Foreign Ministry said. "India's ambassador in Abu Dhabi has requested UAE authorities to probe...
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Time of India
| 10 months ago
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is probing a shooting incident by a US ship that left an Indian fisherman dead and three Indians seriously injured, an official said. The US Navy supply ship opened fire on Monday evening on a fishing boat near the...
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Zawya Regional
| 10 months ago
Navy ship fired on a small boat in the Persian Gulf, killing at least one crew member, in a reflection of rising tensions in the region. Rappahannock, a refueling ship with a mostly civilian crew, fired a .50-caliber machine gun on the small boat in...
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Los Angeles Times
| 10 months ago
Navyfuel resupply ship that had just passed through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf opened fire at a 50-foot fishing boat moving toward it, killing one person and wounding three, U.S. officials said. A security team aboard the Rappahannock,...
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The Globe & Mail
| 10 months ago
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the media during joint statements with Israel's President Shimon Peres after their meeting in Jerusalem July 16, 2012 Reuters Watch Watch A spokesman for the United Arab Emirates foreign ministry said one...
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Epoch Times
| 10 months ago
Navy ship attacked a boat in the Persian Gulf after it failed to respond to warnings while quickly approaching the Navy vessel. A statement issued by the Navy said that a U.S. fuel supply ship fired upon a small motor vessel after it disregarded...
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The Courier-Mail
| 10 months ago
OIL prices have risen boosted by a higher euro and reports that the US Navy fired on a small vessel in the Gulf off Dubai. Oil prices held onto their gains even after a United Arab Emirates official said the vessel carried Indian fishermen, one of...
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The Daily Telegraph
| 10 months ago
US navy ship fired at their small boat off Dubai in the tense waters of the southern Gulf, officials said. Rappahannock, and that sailors on board the American vessel feared it could pose a threat. "Since 2000, we've been very concerned about small...
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The New York Times
| 10 months ago
July 16, 2012 Gunners on an American naval supply ship patrolling the Persian Gulf near the coast of the United Arab Emirates opened fire on a smaller motorized vessel on Monday after it disregarded warnings and rapidly approached, the United States...
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Fox
| 10 months ago
Navy ship fired disabling shots at a small vessel that came too close to it in the Persian Gulf region, killing one and injuring three, officials told Fox News. The incident happened Monday within maritime borders of the United Arab Emirates, which...
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AP Online
| 10 months ago
United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American vessel fired on a boat Monday off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, killing one person and injuring three, according to a U.S. consular official in Dubai.
The official gave no other details,...
