Posted on 05/12/2019 4:17:11 PM PDT by mulder1
DUBAI (Reuters) - Four commercial vessels were targeted by “sabotage operations” near the territorial waters of the United Arab Emirates without causing casualties, the foreign ministry said on Sunday, without giving details of the nature of the sabotage.
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Trading and industry sources said operations at Fujairah port ran smoothly on Sunday.
The strait, a vital global oil and gas shipping route, separates the Gulf states and Iran, which has been embroiled in an escalating war of words with the United States over U.S. sanctions and the U.S. military’s regional presence.
“Subjecting commercial vessels to sabotage operations and threatening the lives of their crew is considered a dangerous development,” according to the statement that was carried by state news agency WAM.
Then the UAE should attack Iran. Oh wait, this is supposed to be a trigger for America to automatically go to war against the enemies of Saudi Arabia.
The long list of laughable farces continues. I guess we’ve moved on from fake Syrian gas attacks and Kuwaiti babies thrown from incubators.
I wonder if Iran has started its confrontation?
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