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Iranian sailors chase off pirates attacking U.S. ship - CNN.com
We probably should have just bombed them afterwards as a thank you.
"We were aware of the incident yesterday," a State Department official said. "The situation was successfully deescalated by the ship's crew and the Iranian crew."
The United States, Iran and other nations have been intent on repelling pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden and other bodies of water.
American forces assisted or rescued Iranians at sea several times in January.
We probably should have just bombed them afterwards as a thank you.