Posted on 06/14/2019 1:27:47 PM PDT by my3centseuro
If there were any doubts Iran is responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, a new report should put those doubts to rest. The United States has video of Iran removing unexploded mines from the side of one of the ships that was hit.
The Iranian ship can be seen pulling alongside one of the tankers and removing what appears to be a limpet mine while believing they were not being watched. The video above, released by the United States Navy, shows the actions by the Iranians. The image below released by CentCom shows two areas, one where an exploded mine did damage and the other of a mine that apparently didn’t detonate.
US Navy releases smoking gun video of Iran removing unexploded limpet mine from oil tankers hull
There is little Iran can do or say now other than pretend like it wasn’t them in the video or that the video itself was doctored.
Iran must back down or face war As my colleague noted earlier, Iran is using rumors of war as a way to draw international sympathy and bring world leaders to the negotiating table where they can try to shift sentiment to blame the United States. Iran is in dire straits with their economic situation but they have no intentions of backing down on their nuclear ambitions despite protestations against them.
They are playing with fire in more ways than one. As much as I’m against war of any kind, my inclinations to avoid any intervention by the United States military has a line drawn at the point of attacks on us or our allies. That’s what this is. They are trying to destabilize the world oil market and harm their competitors through terrorism. Perhaps they believe they can pressure the United States to lift sanctions. Maybe they think this is a way to get the world to force the United States to let them export their oil. At this point, their acts of desperation seem to be unprecedented, even for a regime that likes operating in the shadows and using proxies instead of getting their own hands dirty.
The increased United States presence in the Gulf region following the defection of Iranian Brigadier General Ali Nasiri seems to have forced Iran to change their plans. If they were hoping a proxy war alone would be enough to draw the United States into a mistake, Nasiri’s defection and the subsequent increase in our presence there changed those plans.
Acts of terrorism like this are unacceptable alternatives. They need to simply back down and come to the table with their nuclear ambitions completely abolished. At this point, it’s clear they cannot handle even monitored access to nuclear materials in any form or fashion.
The Iranian government and military are absolute cowards for going after civilians at sea. Moreover, destabilizing the oil market harms billions of people worldwide. Their shame is incalculable. At least it should be.
I can’t help but wonder just who is playing the role of Hearst this time out: “Please remain. You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.”
Why does video of them REMOVING the mines constitute a smoking gun? Perhaps they were trying to ‘defuse’ an international situation.
Would be more impressive if they had a video of the Iranians putting the mine onto the tanker.
Your first post in 3 years...are you Rip Van Winkle, or what?
Just run it backwards.
Ya know, why doesn’t PDJT say, “I’m tired of the Iranians’ bullcr@p; I am authorizing the Navy to take out every Boston Whaler mosquito boat they see, they could use some target practice. Case of beer for high score.”
Remember, Trump also believed Jussie Smollett at first, and tweeted his regrets to Jussie
So Trump can be fooled by false flags along with the rest of us
#1: It’s an Iranian RIB, case closed, unless you think it was aliens pulling a false flag. RIBs like that are built in known places to known specs, are filmed, and are as good as a fingerprint or DNA. (If you think SEALS and/or the CIA faked a counterfit Iranian RIB, you need a drug tox. Or check those Nazi UFO sites again.)
#2: Every limpet mine ever made has “non-removal devices” built in, so that if anybody tries to pry it off without going through a complex series off steps known only to the maker and the frogmen...”BOOM!” If the limpet removers were not part of the same gang as the limpet planters, it would have been one (expendable) EOD guy in a 4 meter skiff trying to get it off. Everybody else would have been 500m back.
#3 At the range the grainy video was shot (miles away) the USN Sea Hawk helo would not have been in visual or audible range of the limpet mine removers. They did not know they were being filmed, but figured it was worth it to remove the 100% guilty evidence (the Iranian limpet mine.)
This article was posted earlier this morning, but must have been pulled. I don’t see it anymore.
can we really trust our .gov these days ¿?
“Would be more impressive if they had a video of the Iranians putting the mine onto the tanker.”
Thank you!
One July 5, I gathered some unexploded fireworks off the neighbors lawn. That didn’t mean I put them there!
unless you think it was aliens pulling a false flag“
Or Saudis pulling a false flag. But of course they woul never do such a thing
“Why does video of them REMOVING the mines constitute a smoking gun? Perhaps they were trying to ‘defuse’ an international situation.”
Careful, if you get too logical, some readers heads might explode
Except you are talking what Trump saw in the press compared to what Trump is now being informed about from Official Agencies and shown evidence.
The two are not comparable.
See #10, reply if you have questions still.
Yep. If that is an unexploded limpet he Navy already knows whose.
Putin Puffers here on FR will say anything to protect Iran.
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