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Iran has seized a second tanker, US official says
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Posted on 07/19/2019 12:31:30 PM PDT by mplc51
Iran has seized a second tanker, US official says From CNN's Barbara Starr Iran has also seized a second tanker, the Liberian-flagged MV Mesdar, according to a US official. Two more US officials tell CNN that, according to maritime intelligence reports, the indication is the Mesdar has been seized. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced earlier that its navy has captured a British-flagged tanker ‘Stena Impero’ in the Strait of Hormuz. The order of seizure of the two ships isn’t clear at this time.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: energy; freedomoftheseas; hormuz; iran; irgc; mvmesdar; oil; oiltankers; straightsofhormuz; tanker; yesweknow
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:31:30 PM PDT
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mplc51
To: mplc51
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:31:46 PM PDT
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mplc51
To: mplc51
Looks like time to bring back convoys.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:32:24 PM PDT
by
C19fan
To: mplc51
time to put big smoking holes in the ground where their military bases used to be
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:32:46 PM PDT
by
Mr. K
(No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
To: mplc51
Are they closing the strait or just playing tit for tat with the British for Gibraltar?
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:34:01 PM PDT
by
relee
(Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
To: mplc51
Why should I care what two Muslim countries do to each other.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:34:26 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: mplc51
Seems like they want to get their 72 virgins.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:34:54 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: mplc51
brits are cowards. They are blaming Trump and our withdraw from the iran deal.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:35:18 PM PDT
by
JoSixChip
(Trump stands alone.)
To: mplc51
It may be staged as in Iran paying third parties to be ‘innocent victims’.
Shadows on the wall.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:35:58 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: mplc51
GB must have known the Iran would do this after they seized an Iranian tanker 2 weeks ago yet they let their ships go through unescorted.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:36:42 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: mplc51
Somebody needs a black eye.
To: Mr. K
big smoking holes Roger that .. green light to the Brits.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:37:13 PM PDT
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tomkat
To: The Toll
Liberia is 85.6% Christian.
Compare that to these United States, 73.0% Christian
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:38:29 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The Democratic Party is back to loving workers but hating employers. A winning formula I'm sure.)
To: mplc51
Iran should offer to return it when the UK releases Tommy Robinson and then scold the British for their filthy human rights record.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:39:06 PM PDT
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The Toll
To: relee
Are they closing the strait or just playing tit for tat with the British for Gibraltar? Whatever they can get away with.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:39:08 PM PDT
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libertylover
(Democrats hated Lincoln too.)
To: mplc51
Iran enforcing Green New Deal in Straits of Hormuz.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:39:34 PM PDT
by
eyeamok
To: FatherofFive
Seems like they want to get their 72 virgins..jpg)
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:42:22 PM PDT
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JPG
(MAGA!)
To: JoSixChip
They are blaming Trump and our withdraw from the iran deal.
THIS
All foreign press is in full blame on Trump backing out of Iran deal.
To: The Toll
“Why should I care what two Muslim countries do to each other.”
Collateral damage - what they do resonates far beyond the Strait of Hormuz, and if it begins to affect European consumers, maybe they won’t be so accommodating of the crazy ayatollahs in Iran.
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posted on
07/19/2019 12:46:07 PM PDT
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alloysteel
(Nowhere in the Universe is there escape from the consequences of the crime of stupidity.)
To: mplc51
I wonder if John f’in Kerry is advising them to do this. Seriously. Along with M Halfbright.
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07/19/2019 12:47:42 PM PDT
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Track9
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