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US Considering Retaliation for Missile Firing at Navy Ship
Source: ABC News
US Considering Retaliation for Missile Firing at Navy Ship
By LUIS MARTINEZ - Oct 11, 2016, 2:19 PM ET
The Pentagon has said that it is considering a military retaliation against Houthi militants in Yemen after two missiles were fired Sunday at the destroyer USS Mason from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. Both missiles fell short of the destroyer and landed in the sea.
Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said today that the U.S. is still assessing who fired missiles at the destroyer when it was in the Red Sea on Sunday.
“Anytime anyone engages a U.S. Navy ship at sea in hostility ... they do so at great peril to themselves,” said Davis.
Asked if that could mean retaliatory strikes against those responsible for firing the missiles, Davis said, “Those things are things that we’re looking at.”
“We want very much to get to the bottom of what happened,” said Davis. “We're going to find out who did this, and we'll take action accordingly.”
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By LUIS MARTINEZ - Oct 11, 2016, 2:19 PM ET
The Pentagon has said that it is considering a military retaliation against Houthi militants in Yemen after two missiles were fired Sunday at the destroyer USS Mason from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen. Both missiles fell short of the destroyer and landed in the sea.
Captain Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman, said today that the U.S. is still assessing who fired missiles at the destroyer when it was in the Red Sea on Sunday.
“Anytime anyone engages a U.S. Navy ship at sea in hostility ... they do so at great peril to themselves,” said Davis.
Asked if that could mean retaliatory strikes against those responsible for firing the missiles, Davis said, “Those things are things that we’re looking at.”
“We want very much to get to the bottom of what happened,” said Davis. “We're going to find out who did this, and we'll take action accordingly.”
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/us-retaliation-missile-firing-navy-ship/story?id=42731594
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