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U.S. FORCES RECOVERED IRANIAN WARHEADS IN NAVY SEAL MISSION GONE AWRY


THE U.S. MILITARY SAID THE ARMS SHIPMENT, INTERCEPTED OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA,
WAS DESTINED FOR MILITANTS IN YEMEN BLAMED FOR ATTACKS IN THE RED SEA

By Alex Horton
Updated January 16, 2024 at 10:25 a.m. EST|Published January 15, 2024 at 7:57
p.m. EST

A U.S. sailor climbs aboard a ship during an exercise in Guam in 2021. (U.S.
Navy/Ensign Amara Timberlake)

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American military personnel recovered Iranian-made missile warheads and related
components during a ship-boarding mission near Somalia last week that disrupted
the weapons resupply of militants in Yemen but left two elite Navy SEALs lost at
sea, U.S. defense officials said.


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A massive search-and-rescue operation is ongoing in the Arabian Sea, where the
incident occurred Thursday. The SEALs moved to board the vessel, described by
officials as a dhow, a type of trading vessel sometimes used by smugglers to
carry illicit weapons. The dhow lacked proper identification, raising suspicions
that it was smuggling arms.


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