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February 14th, 2012 US Navy Faces Off With Iran at Strait of Hormuz: Patriot Games of Cat and Mouse Rule the Day (Video)

Submitted by Bob-45 on Wed, 02/15/2012 - 02:12

Peace / War

By Jim Miklaszewski

An Iranian patrol boat approached a U.S. aircraft carrier, backing down within two miles from the USS Abraham Lincoln. NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski reports from the USS Abraham Lincoln now overseas tonight in a place where any new trouble really could send oil prices soaring, the US Navy is making a statement to Iran in a critical oil shipping lane , the strait of hormuz .

Jim Miklaszewski is in those waters tonight, getting a chance to see life onboard a US carrier, the "USS Abraham Lincoln " where he got a close up view of some potentially dangerous close encounters. It was daybreak as the US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln got under way, led by a destroyer and a missile cruiser, high-powered protection, the carriers run through the strait of hormuz .