Posted on 04/23/2015 8:49:13 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
A nine-ship Iranian convoy believed to be laden with weapons bound for rebels in Yemen turned around Thursday after being followed by U.S. warships stationed in the area to prevent arms shipments, multiple sources in the Pentagon told Fox News.
The sources said the nine-ship convoy is south of Salalah, Oman, and now headed northeast in the Arabian Sea in the direction of home. The ships, which include seven freighters and two frigates, had sailed southwest along the coast of Yemen heading in the direction of Aden and the entrance to the Red Sea. They appeared to drop anchor in the north Arabian Sea, after the USS Theodore Roosevelt, the USS Normandy and a half-dozen other American ships arrived in the Arabian Sea on Monday, and U.S. officials said that they could intercept the convoy.
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More likely they got word The Saudis or Egyptians would do what we wouldn’t.
“Iranian warships arrived Thursday in the southern Yemen port of Aden despite the presence of several U.S. warships in the area as well. It is believed the Iranian vessels are carrying weapons to re-arm the Shiite Houthi rebels who have seized control over the port city and the nation’s capital, Sa’ana.”
So, who to believe?
Obama and Baghdad Harf or the Jewish Press
Loaded supertankers now draw almost 100 feet. The Bar el Mandeb is about 300 feet deep at the most.
Don’t let them fool you. They just don’t want to say it. This was a show of force to those Iranian ships that they would not be allowed to offload those weapons in Yemen. They just don’t want to announce it because of the ongoing nuclear negotiations. These rebels are not going to be able to fight for long without supplies.
They don’t need to unload the entire ship, just a couple of tons of crates. That might take just an hour once they get tied up to the dock.
Obama's not real big on using a show of force. He is however big on gestures to show his "good faith"... which is more likely now when he's trying desperately to make it look like he's getting a nuke deal with Iran.
More than likely the arms have gotten through... we'll just have to wait and see if Saudi Arabia tracks them and destroys them.
Maybe they were off course and needed to be redirected to a more suitable landing spot?
“This was a show of force to those Iranian ships that they would not be allowed to offload those weapons in Yemen.”
Since when has the Fraud done ANYTHING that is in the best interest of this country? Why should we assume he has done anything of benefit to us now?
Eh the Roosevelt is still following them and the flotilla was joined by two armed Iranian naval vessels overnight.
Collaboration between Iran and Barky. Gives Barky some creds about his toughness to make selling the nuke sellout easier.
It is a mockup of a carrier.
Weird
Looks like jets are on it
I think that’s the mock up of the Nimitz they made from a couple of barges.They sunk it a few weeks ago using “Swarm”attacks using “go fast boats”
Hmmm
Senior US defense officials reported Thursday, April 23, that the Iranian convoy suspected of carrying weapons for Houth rebels in Yemen appeared to have turned around and was heading north toward Iran. Other Pentagon sources were more cautious: “This isn’t over yet,” they said, in reference to a potential showdown shaping up from Monday, when the USS Roosevelt carrier and USS Normandy missile cruiser reached the Arabian Sea. The Iranian convoy was tracked by the US, Saudi, Egyptian and UAE fleets, any one of which may have intercepted an Iranian vessels trying to unload arms for the rebels. Emphasis added.
Or maybe the Iranians forgot something.
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