Posted on 06/14/2019 9:49:02 AM PDT by Innovative
U.S. officials have told Fox News that the crew of one of the two stricken oil tankers damaged outside the Persian Gulf were detained by the Iranians Thursday after first being rescued by another merchant vessel.
The crew of the Front Altair was first rescued by the Hyundai Dubai, according to U.S. officials, but Iranian gunboats quickly surrounded the ship and demanded the crew be turned over. The captain ultimately relented and ordered his crew to surrender.
The 23 crew members are now being held in Iran. It’s not immediately clear what the next steps are.
Pictures and footage from Iran's English-language Press TV showed the crew members, saying they are all in "full health". The 23 crew members, who were apparently in the Iranian southern port town of Bandar-e-Jask, appeared to be watching a speech by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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I did mean Iran and my point is who were those people? I agree that the people that pulled it off are the ones who put it there and they were in what appeared to be an Iranian boat and that they looked middle eastern as much as you can tell from the video. The middle east is full of conspiracy theories for a reason. There are many many conspiracies.
Irans post explosion antics have made me almost certain it was them, but before that... it was unknowable with the data we peons have. If we sat tracked that boat back to a harbor controlled by the IRG we are not telling. Without knowing that and without Irans actions it could easily have been Saudis in a mocked up boat. Implication being the Saudis put the mines there, but given Irans actions... it was them.
Agreed.
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