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Iran seizes oil tanker linked to crisis between US and Tehran, military officials confirm (VIDEO)
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| 1/11/2024
| Anders Hagstrom , Liz Friden
Posted on 01/11/2024 7:43:09 AM PST by 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Houthis had been a State Department designated foreign terrorist organization until February 2021, when the designation was revoked by the Biden administration.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.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: iran; oiltanker
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posted on
01/11/2024 7:43:09 AM PST
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bitt
To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...
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posted on
01/11/2024 7:43:34 AM PST
by
bitt
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To: bitt
Biden will cave on this one and further embolden our enemies.
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posted on
01/11/2024 7:44:32 AM PST
by
G Larry
("XFKAT" We can't keep spelling out "X Formerly Known As Twitter"!)
To: bitt
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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 7:46:12 AM PST
by
eyeamok
To: G Larry
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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 7:51:54 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
(If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
To: Alberta's Child
The U.S. seized this same tanker and stole all the Iranian oil from it last year. Is there no honor amongst pirates?
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posted on
01/11/2024 7:58:39 AM PST
by
Sirius Lee
(Next week on The Bickersons...)
To: bitt
I'm psyched for my Navy brethren. All these ship fighting skills they are honing. Go get em boys (and girls, I guess)!
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posted on
01/11/2024 8:02:39 AM PST
by
NavyShoe
To: bitt
Just floating around, swatting the occasional fly. Worthless “Strike Force”.
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posted on
01/11/2024 8:07:07 AM PST
by
PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
To: bitt
“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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 8:07:37 AM PST
by
elpadre
(y ")
To: bitt
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
To: eyeamok
“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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posted on
01/11/2024 8:10:30 AM PST
by
elpadre
(y ")
To: bitt
I think the Iranian government is homicidal scum but they are kinda justified in seizing a tanker that was stolen from them. Just sayin’.
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posted on
01/11/2024 8:21:16 AM PST
by
wildcard_redneck
(He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
To: elpadre
“and the US Navy refuses to take out the launch sites.”
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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 8:23:47 AM PST
by
Ancesthntr
(“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
To: elpadre
"...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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 8:48:09 AM PST
by
Justa
(If where you came from is so great then why aren't Floridians moving there?)
To: eyeamok
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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 9:04:03 AM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: 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."
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I believe that they use mobile easily hideable launchers.
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posted on
01/11/2024 9:11:26 AM PST
by
Neanderthal
("Knowledge is good" - Emil Faber)
To: elpadre
Our Sec. of Dei - Defense has his a$$ to worry about. It has prostrate cancer.
“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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posted on
01/11/2024 9:11:58 AM PST
by
Dacula
To: bitt
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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 9:45:40 AM PST
by
Chgogal
(Welcome to Fuhrer Biden's Weaponized Fascist Banana Republic! It's the road to hell)
To: G Larry
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.
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posted on
01/11/2024 9:48:10 AM PST
by
ETCM
(“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
To: Mariner
There was an article posted here the other day claiming $1-$2 Million spent on missiles per drone
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posted on
01/11/2024 9:48:38 AM PST
by
eyeamok
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