[Innovative]

How horrible.

Iran is making things worse and worse.

[Red Badger]

Dead men tell no tales..................

[SaveFerris]

[were detained by the Iranians]

In before the “false flag” folks.

[BenLurkin]

[House Atreides]

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.
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By what friggin’ “right” did Iran’s leaders do that. It’s PIRACY on the sea IMHO.

[BeadCounter]

Wladimir Retweeted

Fazel Hawramy
@FazelHawramy
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Putin thanked Rouhani in Bishkek during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) for helping to rescue 11 Russian crew members in the tanker incident in Gulf of Oman , Tasnim says

https://mobile.twitter.com/FazelHawramy/status/1139568097399058432

https://mobile.twitter.com/vvanwilgenburg

Whar the heck?

All kinds of twists tothis. Did Putin really say this?

[ETCM]

Meh, I’m sure the Pro-Iran folks will be here soon to claim it was actually the USA that kidnapped them and we are actually holding them in a Hollywood production studio. It’s all being faked as some kind of false flag. Some will even claim the USA is now the great evil in the world. Getting hard to recognize this place.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Wise up folks. No US flagged ships have been targeted. Damage above the waterline is not torpedoes. Its more likely RPGs. The Iranians are not suicidal.

My first guess is CIA maybe Mossad. Trump likely knows this is contrived but he will use it to bring the Iranians to the table.

[CaptainPhilFan]

The Front Altair appears to be a tanker out of the Marshall Islands. But who mans her?

Surely not USA Merchant Seamen? Yes? No? I have known a few US Merchant Marines and I can’t imagine for a minute they would be taken prisoner.

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[rockinqsranch]

The Iranians are trying to force PDJT into some kind of aggression against them.

[lee martell]

So bottom line, 23 Americans are now being held in Iran.
Is that right? The headline is less than clear about what’s going on right now.

[SaveFerris]

[appeared to be watching a speech by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei]

Wouldn’t a speech by Nancy Pelosi have worked just as well?

[BeadCounter]

Oil prices? If they go up, this clearly benefits Russia too. 11 Russian crew members, hmmmn? And as I said, one report, I think I posted it earlier, said Putin thanked the Iranians for rescuing the Russian sailors.

[Yardstick]

Hm, I wonder if Putin had his Iranian pals grab the crew for safe keeping. He may have figured the sailors were safer with the Iranians than with the initial rescuers. Overall a puzzling situation.