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IRGC claims to have seized an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf
Arutz Sheva ^ | 30/7/24 | Elad Benari

Posted on 07/29/2024 11:40:08 PM PDT by Eleutheria5

Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) seized a foreign oil tanker carrying more than 700,000 liters of smuggled fuel north of the Persian Gulf, its official news outlet Sepah News reported on Monday.

The report claimed that the Togo-flagged "Pearl G" tanker, owned by an Iraqi person residing in Dubai, was seized by the forces of the IRGC Navy's third region on Friday morning following a judicial order.

It added the oil tanker was loading smuggled fuel from Iranian vessels near the Arash oilfield when it was confiscated.

The oil tanker and its nine crew members, who have Indian nationality, have been transferred to Imam Khomeini Port in the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan and are under supervision, the iRGC said.

The Persian Gulf has been an area of tensions between the US and Iran, which has several times seized foreign oil tankers.

The US announced last July it would be beefing up its use of fighter jets around the strategic Strait of Hormuz to protect ships from Iranian seizures.

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(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Iran; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: irgc; oil; seizure; smuggling
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Mr. Benari fails to explain WTF this was about. Is the IRGC enforcing sanctions against its own customers? Did the merchant fail to pay full dollar? But I post this because something weird is apparently going on with the IRGC. Robo-ER Murrow in a prior thread said that the IRGC is abandoning Yemen and the Houthis for fear that Israel is about to bring the hammer down on Lebanon. Now they're either enforcing the western sanctions against Iran or committing piracy against an Iraqi/Dubai merchant for "smuggling". Some clarification by Mr. Benari would be helpful. Only because of the small matter of the looming threat of war with Iran. No biggee.
1 posted on 07/29/2024 11:40:08 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
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To: Eleutheria5

Smuggled as in stolen maybe?


2 posted on 07/29/2024 11:42:17 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Biden's Given His Farewell Address, So When Is He Leaving?)
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To: Reno89519

Might could be. Or purchased but neglected to bribe the right person?


3 posted on 07/29/2024 11:46:26 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Uh-oh. Prepare for the wrath of Biden.


4 posted on 07/30/2024 1:33:54 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Eleutheria5

Well it’s actually a response to the thefts being practiced by western governments under the guise of sanctions. You can expect the same from Russia soon in response to the theft and the giving to the enemy of their sovereign assets they entrusted to western banks.


5 posted on 07/30/2024 1:34:55 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: rottweiller_inc

Sanctions on Iran are broad, numerous, and very old.

Russia was MFN and attracted favorable treatment as an FDI destination. Until it started being a bad boy.

BTW, it was extremely stupid of Russia (its national leaders and associated oligarchs) to “export” so much of its national income, instead of reinvesting it in Russia.

It’s likely that if it had reinvested, there wouldn’t have been an urge to rip off its neighbors.


6 posted on 07/30/2024 3:00:26 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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So to you, Russia went into Ukraine because they didn’t have enough money? Seems like more of a western problem and solution. Doesn’t matter if don’t don’t like them or what they did. theft is theft.


7 posted on 07/30/2024 3:03:43 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: rottweiller_inc

Russia (Putin) went into Ukraine to grab land and resources, effectively a huge case of armed robbery.

They thought they could get away with it.

In the meantime they had allowed their oligarchs to siphon off enormous sums to park abroad. If this had been reinvested in Russia it would have caused a vast increase in non-extractive economic activity and a huge improvement in the standard of living. Russia would have been too busy to make war.


8 posted on 07/30/2024 3:28:30 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: rottweiller_inc

It was a combination of greed and perceived weakness of the victim and the international order. The mugger in the dark thought his mark was a helpless little old lady, and the policemen were drunk and sleeping it off.

A misjudgement, on the whole. The little old lady was way tougher than expected, and the policemen, if rather confused, weren’t entirely comatose.


9 posted on 07/30/2024 3:33:42 AM PDT by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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well tell you what, you just keep those plates of “truth” spinning on your long stick. While you are doing that take a good look at western enterprise in countries that were entered under force and see how many business are draining the resources of those countries at cut rate prices under the guise of “peace keeping”.


10 posted on 07/30/2024 3:40:27 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: Eleutheria5
a foreign oil tanker carrying more than 700,000 liters of smuggled fuel north of the Persian Gulf,

North of the Persian Gulf? I wonder how that works? Was the tanker traveling on land?

11 posted on 07/30/2024 5:12:39 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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Yup. On wheels. It was a Gulf cart. Or perhaps Benari meant North of the mouth (?) of the Persian Golf.


12 posted on 07/30/2024 5:33:55 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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It was a Gulf cart.

Now that's cute!

13 posted on 07/30/2024 5:37:22 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: rottweiller_inc

Thats true. We seized an Iranian tanker off Venezuela for one example. Bottom line, DC want a war with Iran and was bitter that Trump denied that last time. They only have a few months to get it going.


14 posted on 07/30/2024 6:14:53 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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To: Eleutheria5

Is Togo going to war with Iran over this?


15 posted on 07/30/2024 6:17:58 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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that’s what I’m afraid of. Some hastily put together, ill-thought-out act to look strong on national security.


16 posted on 07/30/2024 6:48:03 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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To: DesertRhino

Yup. Their canoes are greased up, and the rowers are flexing right now. Watch out, you Ayatollahs.


17 posted on 07/30/2024 6:52:01 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: rottweiller_inc

The more hasty and ill-thought-out the act, the better from their standpoint. ‘cuz it’ll royally screw Trump. The Deep State has all the depth of a classroom full of retarded ten year olds.


18 posted on 07/30/2024 7:06:49 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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I’m not so sure. If people start thinking seriously about who they would rather have in a war, I doubt Harris would be the one to come to mind. But if they are going for a no election thing...


19 posted on 07/30/2024 7:14:01 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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They’ll light the fire after the election and before Trump’s inauguration. Ooopsie. If Kamala gets selected, they’ll have better planned wars, designed to last forever. But Trump gets sucked into a nasty one and nothing he can do about it.


20 posted on 07/30/2024 10:17:34 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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