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Iran seized a oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was in the center of a dispute between Iran and the US
Israeli Public Broadcasting Corp ^ | Jan 11 2024 | Amichai Stein

Posted on 01/11/2024 5:14:37 AM PST by texas booster



TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Iran
KEYWORDS: china; empirenavigation; energy; highjacking; iran; irgc; losangeles; oaktree; oaktreecapital; oil; prc; qods; qodsforce; sanctions; smuggling; southchinasea; stnikolas; suezrajan; tankers
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1 posted on 01/11/2024 5:14:37 AM PST by texas booster
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Tanker Trackers Inc Report

The tanker which the Iranians have boarded today in the Gulf of Oman is the ST NIKOLAS (9524475); carrying Iraqi oil. Formerly known as the SUEZ RAJAN; she was seized by the US government for having transported a million barrels of Iranian oil in connection to a US company.

2 posted on 01/11/2024 5:16:36 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Let’s nuke their ass and take their gas.


3 posted on 01/11/2024 5:17:00 AM PST by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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And so it begins. Again.


4 posted on 01/11/2024 5:17:50 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Captains need to be able to arm and protect their ships.


5 posted on 01/11/2024 5:18:30 AM PST by bgill
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... the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker "St Nikolas" is the vessel that was hijacked. A previous report says that St Nikolas was seized by the US last year, sailing under a different name, "Suez Rajan," for transporting unauthorized Iranian cargo.

Empire Navigation, the vessel's operator, said the tanker was loaded with 145,000 tons of crude from the Iraqi port of Basra and was en route to Aliaga in western Turkey through the Suez Canal. It noted all communication with the vessel had been lost.

St Nikolas' Automatic Identification System (AIS), a tracking system that uses transceivers on ships to identify and locate vessels, was switched off. The vessel's last known position was about 50 miles east of Sohar late Wednesday night.

This is what I can find, for now.

6 posted on 01/11/2024 5:19:29 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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Send Tom Hanks. He’ll distract them while Keanu Reeves kills them all with one shot.................


7 posted on 01/11/2024 5:19:36 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Right. How dare they hijack a ship that we stole. :-P


8 posted on 01/11/2024 5:19:56 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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9 posted on 01/11/2024 5:22:29 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Kerry and Pedo-Joe will just give the Iranian muzzies another hundred billion or so to show them who’s boss!


10 posted on 01/11/2024 5:22:43 AM PST by Iron Munro (AMERICA - LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT !!!)
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Each US response, or feckless lack of one, sends a reverberating message throughout that region and to the rest of the world. I imagine that the ChiComs, Norks, Iranians, and our erstwhile allies are as\lso nervously watching and assessing their relationships with us.


11 posted on 01/11/2024 5:23:22 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( M)
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Each US response, or feckless lack of one, sends a reverberating message throughout that region and to the rest of the world. I imagine that the ChiComs, Norks, Iranians, and our erstwhile allies are as\lso nervously watching and assessing their relationships with us.


12 posted on 01/11/2024 5:23:42 AM PST by desertsolitaire ( M)
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Secretary Austin could not be reached for comment. His whereabouts are unknown. s/


13 posted on 01/11/2024 5:24:20 AM PST by Bookshelf
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Stolen elections have consequences.


14 posted on 01/11/2024 5:30:19 AM PST by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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After reading more details about this incident and the history of this ship, I’m not sure why the U.S. has any reason to respond at all. It’s not a U.S.-flagged vessel, it isn’t owned by an American company, and it’s not in U.S territorial waters.


15 posted on 01/11/2024 5:30:41 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: bgill
Captains need to be able to arm and protect their ships.

The insurance companies typically prohibit it as a condition for issuing a policy to cover a ship. No ship can sail without insurance.

16 posted on 01/11/2024 5:33:38 AM PST by Gideon7
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So, she was taken by the Iranians from the US Government after the US seized the vessel?
17 posted on 01/11/2024 5:34:59 AM PST by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect )
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What was the basis of the dispute where America thought it had an interest in the ship and it’s cargo?


18 posted on 01/11/2024 5:37:18 AM PST by himno hero (had'nff 8)
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If it’s in the rights of sanctions, the Navy needs to go and retrieve the sanctioned items.

Failure to so demonstrates the Biden Willow regime’s failures in resolve.


19 posted on 01/11/2024 5:40:43 AM PST by himno hero (had'nff 8)
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The ship had been used to transport Iranian oil for a U.S. company, in violation of the U.S. sanctions against Iran.

The U.S. government filed a criminal case against the company involved, and had them bring it to the U.S. and offload the oil as part of the criminal penalty in the plea agreement.

Ten bucks says Iran is just returning the favor. They will bring the ship to Iran and drain all the oil out of it — to compensate them for what was “stolen” from them previously.

20 posted on 01/11/2024 5:51:55 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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