Posted on 08/19/2021 7:24:29 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
BEIRUT - The leader of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group said Thursday that an Iranian fuel tanker will sail toward Lebanon “within hours,” warning Israel and the United States not to intercept it.
The delivery organized by Lebanon-based Hezbollah, would be an apparent violation of U.S. sanctions imposed on Tehran after former U.S. President Donald Trump pulled his country out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers three years ago.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a televised speech that the tanker, carrying diesel fuel, will be followed by others to help ease Lebanon’s crippling fuel shortage that has paralyzed the country for weeks.
Nasrallah did not say how Lebanon will pay for the fuel but in a previous speech he said Tehran could be paid in Lebanese pounds. The currency has lost more than 90% of its value since the country’s economic crisis began in October 2019.
“I would like to say that at the moment the tanker sails — within hours — and moves in the sea, it will be considered in Lebanese territory,” Nasrallah said. He said the West was imposing an undeclared siege on Lebanon, causing the current crisis.
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“I tell the Americans and the Israelis that this is Lebanese territory,” Nasrallah said about the tanker, without elaborating on what his group will do if it is intercepted.
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Joe will take decisive action.
He’ll take a nap.
Joe might blow something up just to influence perceptions.
I am sure Israel or the US have the technology to sink this with a silent weapon that would make it slowly take on water. (Maybe a microwave or invisible laser to breech the hull?) That way Iran is blamed for an environmental disaster and they are further isolated.
He’ll take a nap
Actually he'll order the Navy to escort the tanker. The Mossad on the other hand may be arranging for limpet mines.
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