The US military recovering Iranian made missile Warheads Bound for houi terrorists during a Ship boarding Mission near Somalia earlier this month but that mission went arai leaving two Elite Navy Seals lost at sea here now to discuss the tensions in the Middle East is Fox News correspondent Lucas Tomlin Lucas I saw this story I knew you were.
The right guy to talk to about it because there it's been very underreported there are two Navy Seals that went missing in a high state mission to interdict a a a a boat at Sea and it went sideways what do you know well Pete it turns out that US military action against those Iranian backed houthis in Yemen was much more.
Extensive than previously reported uh that mission by Seal Team 3 uh would came on the same day on July 11th that uh those super hornets from the deck of the USS Dwight the eyes now are launched and delivered the first air strikes ordered from President Biden against the houthis in Yemen so on the same day that those us fighter jets were delivering a.
Blow to the houthis in Yemen that assault force from Seal Team 3 launched a daring raid against uh a ship off the coast of Somalia it went aray when one of the seals fell off the ladder boarding the Dow of course his middle of the night Pete night vision goggles very high stakes uh when one of his teammates saw his uh fellow seal fall off the.
Ladder he jumped in two now you have two missing Navy Seals it's been over a week now that those two seals and those operators have been missing wow so January 11th uh they were boarding it at night in the middle of the ocean one Falls the other jumps in Leave No Man Behind rough Seas they ultimately captured the missiles and sunk The.
Vessel took all the prisoners they they could afterwards but is so the search is ongoing but I got to believe there's not a lot of Hope at this point that's right it's been over a week now Pete so it's not likely that they will be recovered they're still missing obviously we're hoping for the best these are some of the most superhuman.
Men on the face of the planet of course you're talking about the sealed teams but it is notable that this action came on the same day as that air strike against Yemen of course US forces have been carrying out strikes almost every day since over the past week and it's notable that at the Pentagon the deputy press secretary says the US is not at.
War right now and the former spokesman for us Central Command which of course controls those forces in the region said that the US is now in a lowgrade war with these houthi Rebels and of course US forces continue to be attacked in Iraq and Syria and the President Biden has ordered air strikes in three different countries in recent weeks Iraq.
Syria and Yemen of course any any why was it so I guess this is the type of mission Lucas that we would never have otherwise heard about right I mean there are missions like this around the globe all the time with Elite operators that are taking care of business and we don't deserve to know frankly because these things are.
Clandestine but it's been also very little mention from the White House and the Navy I'm not suggesting anything nefarious but but it just hasn't really hit the news much that's right well President Biden hasn't spoken about it uh the White House the Press briefings that's come up it's notable that at Thursday's press.
Conference at the Pentagon there was no update on the search for the missing seals it didn't even come up in the entire press briefing uh certainly is a concern there but it certainly shows that the United States is now deeply involved in this war against the houthis and uh you know the US keeps firing back the houthis keep shooting at commercial.
Shipping and US forces uh but but you're right this is very extensive right now no doubt real quick Lucas we've got a few reports this morning that there were more attacks on US forces in Iraq um not necessarily clear where those attacks came from um but the pace of this continues and how much concern is there inside the Pentagon that this could.
Spire a lot of control there's a lot of concern this is about US forces in Iraq and Syria have been attacked nearly 140 times now Pete you still have about 2500 US troops in Iraq about 900 neighboring Syria the bulk of those US forces are at al-asad Airbase in Iraq where those attacks were today and this is all being done.
Controlled by Iran using its proxy forces and there's calls to be for a much more forceful response from the bid Administration to go with the source to hit targets inside Iran no doubt Lucas you know your stuff and served our country as well and appreciate your time this morning thank you Lucas thinon I'm Steve duy I'm Brian Kil and I'm Angley.
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I don’t realize how fully one jumped in to lend a hand, they both are misplaced, and the leisure of the group goes on to earn the missiles and sink the ship?