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Iran Forces Seize US Cargo Ship With 34 People On Board, Al Arabiya Reports
Zerohedge ^ | 4-28-2015 | Durden

Posted on 04/28/2015 7:18:35 AM PDT by tcrlaf

Moments ago according to the native Twitter feed of Arabiya, Iranian forces have seized a US cargo ship, which has some 34 American sailors, which they have taken to the port of Bandar Abbas.

More as we get it.

(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: hostages; iran; iranseizesship; ship
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To: tcrlaf
How about a quid quo pro, the US should seize those 1/2 dozen Iranian ships trying to take munitions to Gaza to help their organization Hamas destroy Israel.

Oh that's right, Obama's plan is to destroy Israel. He's doing a good job with that purpose with the USA, why not branch out?

121 posted on 04/28/2015 8:09:33 AM PDT by Syncro (Benghazi-LIES/CoverupIRS-LIES/CoverupDOJ-NO Justice-/Marxist Treason IMPEACH!)
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To: machogirl

Or give him finger paints.


122 posted on 04/28/2015 8:09:37 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: TomGuy

“One news agency said the ship was from the Maersk Line. That seems to be a Dutch company”

Maersk operates several ships for the Sealift Command


123 posted on 04/28/2015 8:09:48 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Apparently US officials are saying it is a Maersk line vessel and not one of ours.
Currently I’m cynical enough to not believe it without verification.


124 posted on 04/28/2015 8:10:31 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: TomGuy

Maersk Tigris, ordinary container ship. Last stop was Saudi Arabia. Maersk is a Danish company.


125 posted on 04/28/2015 8:10:31 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: don-o

“Awesome! You definitely win the internet today.”

The day is young, and there is still more burning to do in Baltimore, I think.

But thanx!!!


126 posted on 04/28/2015 8:10:43 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: bert

True, but it seems to me that ensuring “free flow of commerce” through the region would require positioning the ships within reach of the presumed threat to that free flow. Just more evidence that the reason given was a total lie.


127 posted on 04/28/2015 8:11:04 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: tcrlaf

http://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-reportedly-seizes-us-cargo-ship-holds-crew/


128 posted on 04/28/2015 8:11:19 AM PDT by Wiz-Nerd
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To: tcrlaf

BBC

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32503660

Pentagon spokesman: a Marshall-Islands-flagged ship has been boarded by Iranian navy.


129 posted on 04/28/2015 8:11:27 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: LucyT

Ping.

Iran Forces Seize US Cargo Ship With 34 People On Board


130 posted on 04/28/2015 8:11:50 AM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Resolute Conservative; tcrlaf; don-o

Don-o found the US official statement.
Tcrlaf found the confirmation.


131 posted on 04/28/2015 8:12:30 AM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: tcrlaf; All

Conflict News 4 minutes ago
MORE: Boarding came after #Iranian patrol boats fired shots across vessel’s bow and ordered it deeper into Iranian waters -Pentagon spox

NOTE:
CNN still hasn’t said a single word about this.


132 posted on 04/28/2015 8:12:38 AM PDT by tcrlaf (They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
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To: VanDeKoik

It may be getting to the point where we yellows on rope and not ribbon.


133 posted on 04/28/2015 8:12:39 AM PDT by Bogey78O (We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
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To: cuspofcommonsense

With THIS administration?

Expect fully finished W88 Nuclear warheads, with operational support and spare parts.


134 posted on 04/28/2015 8:12:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Jeb Bush makes John McCain look like Barry Goldwater.)
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To: b4its2late; don-o
called it! Thank you Bill Clinton, for the parsing lessons. Now it is said to be Maersk line, non-US flagged, but I'll bet there are US Nationals in the crew.



DAY 1
135 posted on 04/28/2015 8:12:56 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (I love it when we're Cruz'in together)
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To: tcrlaf

136 posted on 04/28/2015 8:13:24 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: tcrlaf

Last known port of Maersk Tigris:

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:1635726/mmsi:538005749/imo:9694581/vessel:MAERSK_TIGRIS


137 posted on 04/28/2015 8:14:14 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: tcrlaf

Obama will remind us of the coke head who tried talking nice to Hans Gruber in “Die Hard”.


138 posted on 04/28/2015 8:14:19 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: tcrlaf

Maersk Tigris is foreign. All U.S. flag maersk ships are named after cities or states except for the maersk Peary. Also they are crewed by 22-24 people not 34.


139 posted on 04/28/2015 8:14:26 AM PDT by barmag25 (Cruz 2016)
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To: tcrlaf
First State Department response.


140 posted on 04/28/2015 8:14:58 AM PDT by McGruff (It's not the crime, it's the cover-up they said.)
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