Posted on 06/03/2021 6:37:03 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Is a new shadow war returning? It sure looks like something is happening, based on these two events:
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The largest warship in the Iranian navy caught fire and later sank Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman under unclear circumstances, the latest calamity to strike one of the country’s vessels in recent years amid tensions with the West.
The blaze began around 2:25 a.m. and firefighters tried to contain it, the Fars news agency reported, but their efforts failed to save the 207-meter (679-foot) Kharg, which was used to resupply other ships in the fleet at sea and conduct training exercises. State media reported 400 sailors and trainee cadets on board fled the vessel, with 33 suffering injuries.
The ship sank near the Iranian port of Jask, some 1,270 kilometers (790 miles) southeast of Tehran on the Gulf of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz — the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf.
...and...
Meanwhile, a massive fire broke out Wednesday night at the oil refinery serving Iran’s capital, sending thick plumes of black smoke over Tehran. It wasn’t immediately clear if there were injuries or what caused the blaze at the Tondgooyan Petrochemical Co., though temperatures in the capital reached nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) and hot summer weather in Iran has caused fires in the past.
Which seems like a lot, given that the events are happening back to back. The ship was Iran's biggest. The smoke from the refinery soared over Iran's capital, putting the event impossible to erase in Iranians' minds.
The ruling mullahs are planning elections on June 18, with, as AT contributor Hamid Enayat noting today, low turnout likely. Did someone do this because they wanted to knock the mullahs out? Show them as weak, maybe get a rebellion going?
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If anyone can and will save Iran from collapse its China Joe. He’s a Marxist Muslim lover through and through.
It’s astonishing that while Iran is sinking our ships, our government is currying favor to re-establish an agreement that was to our disadvantage. If nothing else, it proves that fools are in charge of our side, which is really not a secret at all.
Israel has had a ton of major success with their stealth shadow war against the Iranians that has expanded into precision hybrid but they’re up against the clock.
Russia’s brokered agreement deal with the Taliban regime that is endorsed and supported by Biden “(Current President Obama)” ensures the Iranians, that they get new weapons pipelines and WMD network access via through Afghanistan.
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