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Saudi Oil Tankers Damaged by Sabotage Attacks Near Strait of Hormuz
Breitbart ^ | 13 May 2019 | JOHN HAYWARD

Posted on 05/13/2019 1:12:58 PM PDT by detective

Saudi Arabia announced on Monday that two of its oil tankers suffered “significant damage” from sabotage attacks off the coast of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) near the Strait of Hormuz. The attacks reportedly also damaged two ships from other nations, one of them registered to Norway.

The Saudis and Emiratis did not name any suspects but their implications about the motive suggested a link to Iran. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said the sabotage was intended to “undermine the freedom of maritime navigation, and the security of oil supplies to consumers all over the world.”

The minister’s statement stressed the responsibility of the international community to “protect the safety of maritime navigation and the security of oil tankers, to mitigate against the adverse consequences of such incidents on energy markets, and the danger they pose to the global economy.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: gcc; houthi; iran; iranwar; oil; patbuchanan; patrickbuchanan; patrickjbuchanan; pitchforkpat; putinsbuttboys; sabotage; saudiarabia; uae; unitedarabemirates; yemen
The U.S. Maritime Administration warned last week that Iran and its proxies might “take action against U.S. and partner interests, including oil production infrastructure” by “targeting commercial vessels, including oil tankers.”
1 posted on 05/13/2019 1:12:58 PM PDT by detective
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To: detective

Maybe Blackwater can sell them some escort services.


2 posted on 05/13/2019 1:14:47 PM PDT by marron
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To: detective

I really think it’s Iran taking cheap potshots when they can.


3 posted on 05/13/2019 1:16:44 PM PDT by BBQToadRibs
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To: detective

sabotage?

That would indicate an ‘inside job’....................


4 posted on 05/13/2019 1:16:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: detective

Iran is screwing with the Strait .


5 posted on 05/13/2019 1:18:21 PM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: detective

It would be a damn shame if their submarines went down and never came up.


6 posted on 05/13/2019 1:18:30 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: detective

“Tanks burn Colonel”


7 posted on 05/13/2019 1:19:18 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (Prov 24: Do not fret because of evildoers. Do not associate with those given to change.)
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To: Col Frank Slade

The Iranian coasst needs to become a “No Float” zone.


8 posted on 05/13/2019 1:26:56 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: marron

Sounds like piracy problems. We know how to handle pirates. Was this all the fuss—why we sent ships and planes? I hope it was more than this. The war between Iran and the USA has been put off long enough. Jimmy Carter should have solved this a long time ago. Maybe Trump will. Looks Like he still has North Korea to worry about. That and Cuba. Clean the slate now.


9 posted on 05/13/2019 1:31:04 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
The war between Iran and the USA has been put off long enough. Jimmy Carter should have solved this a long time ago. Maybe Trump will. Looks Like he still has North Korea to worry about. That and Cuba. Clean the slate now.

"Today I settle all Family business!"

10 posted on 05/13/2019 1:33:18 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

“Today I settle all Family business!”

That should have been done on 9/12/2001


11 posted on 05/13/2019 1:49:29 PM PDT by Robe (A nation can survive its fools and evet n the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.)
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To: detective

That sounds serious. Is the Saudi government going to send Saudi boys to do something about it?


12 posted on 05/13/2019 2:15:12 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: detective
Sabotage, any details?
GPS, rudder, engine, radar?
13 posted on 05/13/2019 2:34:30 PM PDT by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: Col Frank Slade

You say Iran is screwing with the strait. And how do you know what you know?

Israeli intel, and the Saudi government, and our State department and intel community are saying so.
Gotta have proof beyond the word of spooks and Pompeo.
Almost every spook just told me for 3 years that Trump is a Russian spy...that Hillary did nothing illegal...that they don’t spy on Americans... that Syria gassed isis rebels.

So I want incontrovertible proof of an attack. And it has to be on something American.


14 posted on 05/13/2019 2:44:47 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Yeah, we should go for the record and have wars with 10 countries at the same time!


15 posted on 05/13/2019 2:46:32 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: detective

President Trump says it’s a ‘big mistake’ for Iran to threaten U.S., allies

https://www.oann.com/president-trump-says-its-a-big-mistake-for-iran-to-threaten-u-s-allies/


16 posted on 05/13/2019 2:52:16 PM PDT by McGruff
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Maybe they can rename the strait of Hormuz to the strait of Tonkin.


17 posted on 05/13/2019 3:06:40 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: relee

“Sabotage, any details?”

Still not clear. Saw one picture that showed a gash on the stern at the waterline. One reporter said that it looked like it had been rammed or hit by a projectile. Another said it looked like a bomb.

I looked at it and thought that the pilot had backed into a pier.


18 posted on 05/13/2019 4:00:06 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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