Posted on 11/27/2013 6:31:00 AM PST by Zakeet
It didn't take long to escalate Iran-Saudi relations, or the lack thereof, following this weekend's nuclear (non) deal. Moments ago Iran's Fars news agency reported that Iran’s coast guards have seized two Saudi fishing vessels after they entered the Islamic Republic's territorial waters, a provincial official announced on Wednesday. “Yesterday, the coast guards deployed in the country’s Southern waters came to spot two vessels in Iran’s protected waters in the South using electronic and optic tools and equipment,” Commander of Bushehr province Coast Guards Qalandar Lashkari said. He said that the Iranian coast guards rushed to the scene and were faced with two vessels which were illegally fishing in the Iranian waters under the Saudi flag.
It was not immediately clear if, as in the case of China's air defense zone, the US promptly decided to drive a battleship in Iran's territorial waters, just because it can. However, the Saudi response will certainly be just as acute.
Noting that 9 sailors were arrested thereafter, Lashkari said further investigation showed that the 9 people are nationals of different countries.Also earlier this year, forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC)’s second naval zone seized another Saudi vessel and its four-strong crew after it illegally entered Iranian waters. The vessel was later expelled.
In a relevant event on January 3, Saudi Arabia detained 21 Iranian nationals who were aboard two boats near al-Harqus Island 42 miles (78 km) off the Saudi coast, the Saudi border guard said.
We may need before an Israeli boat is arrested, and mysteriously blows up, before the middle-east returns to its wild type irrational, militant state.
You Freepers don't need to worry cause the Idiot and I are professionals who know exactly how to deal with terrorists.
Fishing vessels? Wonder how much electronic equipment was on those boats. The Saudis and the Israelis need to map Irani radar patterns. Neither trusts or wishes to depend on the US. Things will get interesting in the Gulf.
Let Allah sort out all of this.
AND UP GO THE GAS PRICES.
Just more incompetence on display.
One day the Strait of Homuz will be shut down.
Iran will get nukes.
Ten dollar a gallon fuel prices will put the finishing touch on our way of life.
LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!
Iran has to escalate before the saudis win the nuke race. Saudi F15s have already taken out Iranian jets in the past with no problem.... using paki pilots probably... and this time it is paki bombs.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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I’ll lay in a good supply of popcorn...
Iran Seizes Saudi Fishing Vessels, Arrests 9 Sailors
Wars have started over lesser events.
5.56mm
Oh, joy. A casus beli at last. Make popcorn? Build fall-out shelter?
On a more positive note, all of those fisherman are about to get tailored Iranian suits.
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Thanks Zakeet.
Probe, probe, probe...... This was why it was so easy to land the guys that offed the Nuclear scientists and set the charges for the explosion at Isfahan.
What is interesting is the term Saudi fishermen. I didn’t know there was such a thing. Generally the Saudis are of the desert and shun and I mean shun the sea.
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