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Tankers Off Iran Hit by Suspected Torpedoes
Wall Street Journal ^ | June 13, 2019 10:04 a.m. ET | Rory Jones, Biography @RoryWSJ Rory.Jones@wsj.com Benoit Faucon and Costas Paris

Posted on 06/13/2019 9:04:43 AM PDT by God luvs America

DUBAI—Two tankers were damaged in attacks off the coast of Iran early Thursday, including one operated by a Japanese company, on a day when Tehran rebuffed attempts by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to ease a military standoff with the U.S.

The incidents sent oil prices sharply higher, reigniting fears of trade disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, through which over a third of the world’s seaborne crude oil is shipped. Brent crude, the international benchmark for crude prices, rose 4% on Thursday to $62.37.

The attacks appeared to use relatively sophisticated weapons, according to early assessments, and came within roughly 45 minutes of each other in the Gulf of Oman, where four tankers were attacked last month in an incident the U.S. blamed on Iran, which Tehran denied. The U.S. military has built up its military presence in the Persian Gulf in response to what American officials said were threats from Iran, sending an aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, and its strike group to the region.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government
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To: Enlightened1
We have been in a perpetual state of war since World War II.

That is true and the winning of said wars was not the objective. Then, what was the objective?My opinion now is that the objective was to kill Americans, enrich the few that made immense profit from the sale of weapons, and demoralize the Nation in order that the New World Government could be installed without effective opposition.

61 posted on 06/13/2019 10:33:34 AM PDT by sport
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To: proust

Is that a gif of Bolton laughing when he got out of going to Vietnam?


62 posted on 06/13/2019 10:34:02 AM PDT by rintintin (q)
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To: willyd

“Gee, who could it be?”

Qatar, John Kerry, the Soros Democratic Party, etc.

WHO GAINS?


63 posted on 06/13/2019 10:36:15 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....ew)
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To: God luvs America

My money is on Limpet Mines.

Here’s why:

1) they are small holes.

2) at or just above the water line.

3) Iranians are very proud of their version of the Seals.

4) multiple holes on at least six ships within the last three months

5) time delayed for when the vessels were out at sea.


64 posted on 06/13/2019 10:36:23 AM PDT by usmcobra (Happiness is a belt fed weapon.)
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To: Innovative
Somebody really, really wants Trump to attack Iran”

__________

Seems reasonable.

Dangerous times.

65 posted on 06/13/2019 10:36:44 AM PDT by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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To: TnTnTn

probably houthis using small charges directed by Iranians....”

Probably Saudis seeking to drive up price of oil ( and get us into war with their enemy Iran)

Of the 911 terrorists/butchers, all but one was Saudi. None was from Iran


66 posted on 06/13/2019 10:37:51 AM PDT by rintintin (q)
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To: usmcobra

My money is on Limpet Mines.“

This smells like the Gulf of Tonkin false flag incident

My money is on the Saudis


67 posted on 06/13/2019 10:39:13 AM PDT by rintintin (q)
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To: God luvs America

Wait until a US warship is sunk. You’ll have a War alright.


68 posted on 06/13/2019 10:39:37 AM PDT by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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To: magua; haffast

DiFiChiSpy is part of it but it more directly involves Europe and European finance.

Why did Hitler curry the loyalty of the Persians in WWII? Was it because of their identical ideology (tyrannical fascism)? Were they seen as an ally or a useful toy in world domination? What do you do with a toy that doesn’t work anymore?

Who pointed Adolph to the muslims?


69 posted on 06/13/2019 10:40:06 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Did you know that the C_A is the largest venture capital source in the world?)
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To: magua

And, I don’t think Hitler consulted with Soros about the Muslims (truth be told, it’s rumored that Soros hates Muslims and cant wait to eliminate them).


70 posted on 06/13/2019 10:42:09 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Did you know that the C_A is the largest venture capital source in the world?)
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To: God luvs America

IF, and that’s a very BIG IF, they were hit by torpedoes, they were smaller than any known torpedo in the world today.

Any US or Russian or Chinese torpedo would have blown through the inner hull, first vaporizing, then igniting the 75,000 tons of naphtha. The fireball would have been visible from 100 miles away. They would have heard it too lol

Another interesting fact, these supposed “torpedoes” have a truly unique capability. They jump out of the water and hit above the water line.

Torpedoes my ass.

Where does such drivel originate?


71 posted on 06/13/2019 10:44:15 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: God luvs America

Sophisticated weapons? Clearly it was Iran then. I mean, you’ve seen their stealth fighters, right?


72 posted on 06/13/2019 10:50:31 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: rintintin
I doubt it is Saudi, they gain by the embargo on Iranian oil. Russia loses if US takes out Iran's ports and refineries as they need Iranian money from weapons sales. One unmentioned state actor gains, Israel. Lot of saber rattling between Iran and Israel lately. Israel does not want to go it alone against Iran. But these ships were not US flagged tankers. Hard to justify going to war over a Norwegian and Japanese tanker. I would not ignore the possibility that parties inside Iran wanted to torpedo (pun intended) Abe’s talks with Iran. No coincidence both tankers linked to Japan.
73 posted on 06/13/2019 10:54:26 AM PDT by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angles will sing for me)
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To: Revel

I do. Lots of us that own mineral interests right here in the USA see increased profits when oil goes up. The downside is that it hurts other industry if it goes too high. And if it goes too low, we see ourselves selling our resources too cheaply, oil is a world market. A happy median is good.


74 posted on 06/13/2019 10:57:32 AM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: amorphous

Satan, Lucifer, Beelzebub, The Bringer of Light, son of perdition


75 posted on 06/13/2019 11:01:49 AM PDT by Karma_Sherab
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To: Revel

I do. Lots of us that own mineral interests right here in the USA see increased profits when oil goes up. The downside is that it hurts other industry if it goes too high. And if it goes too low, we see ourselves selling our resources too cheaply, oil is a world market. A happy median is good.Of course foreign nations have different views..


76 posted on 06/13/2019 11:04:16 AM PDT by Quickgun (I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
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To: God luvs America

77 posted on 06/13/2019 11:05:25 AM PDT by Delta 21 (Be strong & prosper, be weak & die! Stay true.... ~~ Donald J. Trump)
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To: dp0622
I've been waiting for their "false flag' du jour.

You hear that #deepstate, #industrialcomplex, #rabidglobalists, #newworldorder?

No more of our sons and daughters giving their blood for your "order out of chaos" shenanigans.

I guess they haven't destroyed enough countries yet. Oh yea right, Iran was one of the last few to conquer and destroy according to their plans laid out quite a few years ago.
78 posted on 06/13/2019 11:08:49 AM PDT by ssfromla
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To: Karma_Sherab

“Somebody really, really wants Trump to attack Iran”

Quite possibly it’s the regime in Iran that would find a war with the USA to be a useful distraction for their masses who are ready to revolt against the repressive Islamofascist Republic.


79 posted on 06/13/2019 11:21:33 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
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To: OldGoatCPO

“I doubt it is Saudi, they gain by the embargo on Iranian oil. “

A war with Iran would spike oil even more than an embargo.


80 posted on 06/13/2019 11:30:09 AM PDT by rintintin (q)
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