Iran seizes oil tanker linked to crisis between US and Tehran, military officials confirm (VIDEO)

Fox News ^ | 1/11/2024 | Anders Hagstrom , Liz Friden

[bitt]

The US has been fending off Iran-backed terrorists in the region for weeks

Iranian forces have seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, two U.S. military officials confirmed to Fox News on Thursday.

The seized vessel, previously known as the Suez Rajan, was once at the center of another dispute between the U.S. and Iran that ultimately saw the U.S. seize over 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil. Armed Iranian soldiers reportedly boarded the vessel Thursday morning.

The U.S. and other Western navies have been combating attacks from Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen in the Red Sea for weeks, but Iran itself had not taken direct action beyond sending one of its naval vessels to the region. The Houthis had been a State Department designated foreign terrorist organization until February 2021, when the designation was revoked by the Biden administration.

The U.S. Navy has shot down numerous missiles and drones fired by Houthi rebels. U.S. Navy helicopters also fired on and sank multiple Houthi small boats as they attempted to hijack a trade vessel last month.

[bitt]

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[G Larry]

Biden will cave on this one and further embolden our enemies.

[eyeamok]

The U.S. Navy has shot down numerous missiles and drones fired by Houthi rebels

At a cost of about $2 Million Dollars for every $2000 Drone we shoot down.

[Alberta's Child]

The U.S. seized this same tanker and stole all the Iranian oil from it last year. How dare the Iranians do the same thing.

[Sirius Lee]

The U.S. seized this same tanker and stole all the Iranian oil from it last year.

Is there no honor amongst pirates?

[NavyShoe]

I'm psyched for my Navy brethren. All these ship fighting skills they are honing. Go get em boys (and girls, I guess)!

[PIF]

Just floating around, swatting the occasional fly. Worthless “Strike Force”.

[elpadre]

“making hay while the sun shines.” Between now and 2025 when Trump becomes POTUS, Iran is going to push, encroach and hurt the US as much as possible - terrorism, nuclear, threats, supporting US enemies, etc. We have a compromised president unable to properly respond.

[montag813]

This issue is covered by freepers in a different thread. But I think it’s pretty obvious that China is supplying Iran with intelligence that enabled them to track this down and recapture it

[elpadre]

“At a cost of about $2 Million Dollars for every $2000 Drone we shoot down. ‘

and the US Navy refuses to take out the launch sites.

[wildcard_redneck]

I think the Iranian government is homicidal scum but they are kinda justified in seizing a tanker that was stolen from them. Just sayin’.

[Ancesthntr]

“and the US Navy refuses to take out the launch sites.”

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That decision is made by those supervising the hair-sniffer. I am sure that the Navy leaders are not stupid, and that they know that, as General Curtis LeMay once said, “it’s time to stop swatting flies, and bomb the shit pile.” But they’re not being allowed to do so.

[Justa]

"...and the US Navy refuses to take out the launch sites."

Is the US Navy refusing your requests again?

It's not the 1940s. They're fired from trucks.

[Mariner]

You don’t know what they were shot down with.

If they’re using the RAM, it’s about $1mil each.

If their using Phalanx CIWS, it’s about $1k each.

[Neanderthal]

“At a cost of about $2 Million Dollars for every $2000 Drone we shoot down. ‘

"and the US Navy refuses to take out the launch sites."

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I believe that they use mobile easily hideable launchers.

[Dacula]

Our Sec. of Dei - Defense has his a$$ to worry about. It has prostrate cancer.

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“At a cost of about $2 Million Dollars for every $2000 Drone we shoot down. ‘

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and the US Navy refuses to take out the launch sites.

[Chgogal]

America is disgusted with the Biden Administration’s stewardship of this country. Why? Because of this, the open borders, inflation and the intellectually dishonest leadership of the Democrat Party at all levels. Hopefully this country will survive this Administration.

[ETCM]

Biden will cave on this one and further embolden our enemies.

It's a Greek owned, Marshall Islands flagged ship carrying oil from Iraq to Turkey, seized by Iran in the Gulf of Oman.

[eyeamok]

There was an article posted here the other day claiming $1-$2 Million spent on missiles per drone