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Escalation: Combat Drone Fired Directly from Iran Hits Israeli-Linked Tanker Off India’s Coast
Jewish Press ^
| Dec 23, 2023
| Hana Levi Julian
Posted on 12/23/2023 10:01:05 AM PST by McGruff
A combat drone believed to have been fired directly from Iran struck the Merchant Vessel Chem Pluto, an Israeli-linked chemical/oil products tanker off the coast of India on Saturday, according to a report broadcast on Israel’s Channel 12 News.
The tanker is owned by Rio Brillante SA, based in Panama, and operated by Fleet Management Ltd., based in Wilton, Connecticut.
The Israeli connection is not clear.
The attack, which started a fire on the vessel, took place some 200 nautical miles southwest of Veraval, India, according to Reuters, quoting the British Ambrey maritime security firm. Some “structural damage was also reported and some water was taken onboard” the firm said.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: escalation
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:01:05 AM PST
by
McGruff
To: McGruff; SaveFerris
The Eastern World, it is explodin’......
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:02:03 AM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: McGruff
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:02:57 AM PST
by
sauropod
(The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.)
To: dfwgator; McGruff
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:04:10 AM PST
by
lightman
(I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
To: McGruff
Russia really wants us involved in this thing don’t they?
Iran is not doing anything without Putin’s say so.
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:04:11 AM PST
by
Vermont Lt
(Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
To: dfwgator
I find that song running through my head more often lately.
To: McGruff
“believed to have been fired directly from Iran”
Of the thousands of western press reports I’ve seen in the last year and a half with this type qualifier, 95% of the time, the report is proven to be disinfo.
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:07:10 AM PST
by
hardspunned
(Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
To: McGruff
The attack, which started a fire on the vessel, took place some 200 nautical miles southwest of Veraval, India About 550 nautical miles from the nearest point in Iran.
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:13:24 AM PST
by
Carry_Okie
(The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: dfwgator
And ya don’t believe we’re on the eave..
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:16:39 AM PST
by
gibsonguy
To: McGruff
What would Nikki Haley do? Asking for a neocon friend.
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:19:38 AM PST
by
NavyShoe
To: McGruff
To: McGruff
That’s about a 600 mile flight, WOW!
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:44:59 AM PST
by
Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
To: McGruff
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:47:12 AM PST
by
wbarmy
(Trying to do better.)
To: Carry_Okie
It’s well withing their range.
HESA Shahed 136
Operational
range
2,500 km (1,600 mi)
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posted on
12/23/2023 10:50:36 AM PST
by
jimwatx
To: Vermont Lt
“Iran is not doing anything without Putin’s say so.”
Link please.
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posted on
12/23/2023 11:16:33 AM PST
by
BobL
(Trump gets my vote, even if I have to write him in; Millions of others will do the same)
To: McGruff
When is this slug in the WH going to whack the offending targets?
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posted on
12/23/2023 11:16:34 AM PST
by
G Larry
(It is RACIST to impose SLAVE WAGES on LEGAL Immigrants by importing Cheap ILLEGAL Labor!)
To: Carry_Okie
The only countries around there are Iran, Oman, and Pakistan
Even Pakistan isn’t attacking Israeli shipping
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posted on
12/23/2023 11:17:17 AM PST
by
canuck_conservative
(NATO - keeping Europe free of Russian invaders for 74 years - you're welcome!)
To: jimwatx
Hitting a ship at sea that’s out of sight is astonishing. I doubt it was fired from Iran.
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posted on
12/23/2023 11:20:14 AM PST
by
Gen.Blather
(Wait! I said that out loud? )
To: McGruff
The world is going “Corn-Pop” on Bidens watch. Bad Dudes collaborating with Bad Beltway Dudes.
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posted on
12/23/2023 11:35:30 AM PST
by
blackdog
((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
To: Vermont Lt
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posted on
12/23/2023 12:50:29 PM PST
by
Eagles6
(Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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