By C.J. Chivers / New York Times News Service
ABOARD THE FISHING VESSEL AL MULAHI, in the Gulf of Oman — Late Thursday afternoon, as the U.S. destroyer Kidd loomed alongside this hijacked Iranian dhow, the warship’s loudspeaker issued a command in Urdu to the dhow’s frightened Urdu-speaking crew. U.S. sailors stood ready, weapons in hand. If you have weapons aboard, the voice boomed, put them where we can see them, on the roof of your wheelhouse.
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