Posted on 12/06/2020 9:18:43 AM PST by blam
It appears both Iran and Venezuela are ready and willing to test the outgoing Trump administration in a major gambit to skirt sanctions in a crude and fuel export scheme.
The daily American military newspaper Stars & Stripes alongside Bloomberg reports this weekend that Iran “is sending its biggest fleet yet of tankers to Venezuela in defiance of U.S. sanctions to help the isolated nation weather a crippling fuel shortage,” based on sources familiar with their movements.
“Some of the flotilla of about 10 Iranian vessels will also help export Venezuelan crude after discharging fuel, the people said, asking not to be named because the transaction is not public,” the report continues.
This appears to be the first instance Iran has sent such a large fleet, which may potentially include smaller military escorts or patrols, or possibly armed commandos on board. Things could get interesting especially when the flotilla crosses the Caribbean Sea, given the concentrated presence of US Navy warships there.
While Maduro’s Venezuela is rich in crude, it’s actually for over the past year suffered a nationwide fuel shortage, given state-run processing plans which turn crude into usable gasoline have long fallen derelict and suffered mechanical failures. Caracas has sought outside help, including from the Iranians and Russians, in not only importing the necessary mechanical parts and operational products, but in bringing in teams of technicians that can bring the facilities online.
In the meantime Iran has launched several rounds of fuel deliveries since last summer. At least one major attempt to get Iranian fuel to Venezuela saw four tankers intercepted by the US military in August. The US federal government seized the over 1.1 million barrels of petroleum and later auctioned it off.
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and the the other half of the exchange was what??????? Traffickers delight?
Even if the President ordered a response, would the military simply not obey?
Was the one of the wealthiest and largest oil reserves in the world is having oil delivered, socialism at work
As the old saying goes, senging pil tankers to Venezuela is like carrying coals to Newcastle, Pa.
Target practice for our subs?
January 20, 2021?
why would he order a response
I will bet an ice cream bar that these ships get “Off loaded’ in the middle of the Atlantic, also.
They should have waited until Feb.....Biden would let them thru if he gets into the Oval Office...
Spin-up the drone boys! Have some fun!!
Unfortunately, not the kind of ships you want to sink.
And they are likely loaded with suicide boobie traps.
Sanctions, sanctions against Iran.
The ‘Biggest Ever’ Flotilla Of Iranian Tankers Is En Route To Venezuela With Fuel.
Wonder if all of America’s submarines are snoozing?
A mere 2 minute strafing run by the air force will take care of this.
Meanwhile, Ayatollah Khameini is in very poor health and reports are starting to come out that he is dead. Stay tuned...
Mark 48...
Sink em!
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