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Trump instructs Navy to "shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats" harassing U.S. ships

by Adam Ford · Apr 22nd, 2020 8:00 am
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President Trump tweeted Wednesday morning that he has instructed the U.S. Navy to "shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea."

I have instructed the United States Navy to shoot down and destroy any and all Iranian gunboats if they harass our ships at sea.

? Last week 11 Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessels harassed 6 U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

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