Well it would help if the US Navy and the US Embassy in Cairo could sing from the same hymn sheet for a start.
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KansasCity.com:
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"The boats were hailed and warned by a native Arabic speaker using a bullhorn to warn them to turn away. A warning flare was then fired," said a statement from the U.S. embassy in Cairo. "One small boat continued to approach the ship and received two sets of warning shots 20-30 yards in front of the bow."
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Same in the International Herald Tribune, although this morning they were giving the same story as the BBC website (which I will copy and paste in case that metamorphoses into something else too):
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A US naval spokeswoman, Cdr Lydia Robertson, said that the Global Patriot had warned the small boats to turn away "via bridge-to-bridge radio and a series of warning steps".
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So people are already scurrying for cover on this one. IMO, they must have realised that a little hawker's boat on the Suez Canal is highly unlikely to have a bridge, much less a radio.
Like I said earlier - let's see how this pans out.