Mil News Gulf of Oman tanker blasts: Crews rescued safely

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Gulf of Oman tanker 'attacks': Crews rescued amid rising tensions

The blasts on two oil tankers come a month after four vessels were attacked with mines off the UAE.

www.bbc.com

 

[BCNTM]

Gulf of Oman tanker 'attacks': Crews rescued amid rising tensions

The blasts on two oil tankers come a month after four vessels were attacked with mines off the UAE.

www.bbc.com

its like prodding a sleeping tiger with a stick - at some stage it will wake up and drop a paw on you

 

[Jake84]

US blames Iran for attacks on oil tankers

Who else?

Gulf of Oman tanker attacks: Iran calls US accusation 'unfounded'

The US secretary of state blamed Iran for "unprovoked attacks" on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.

www.bbc.com

FYI I started this thread missing this already existing topic, so I merged my post here. Sorry.

 

[colin traveller]

Watch the crude oil rise up after this ,,,...imo

 

[BCNTM]

Watch the crude oil rise up after this ,,,...imo

we will all be on bikes soon

 

[HisRoyalHighness]

Tankers Wars: Part Deux.

Did Iran forget Operation Praying Mantis?

The owner claims that the tanker got hit by a Torpedo.

Breaking News: Taiwanese tanker sunk by torpedo in Gulf of Oman

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) -- An oil tanker chartered by Taiwan’s state oil refiner CPC Corp has reportedly sunk after being "hit by a torpedo" around noon today (June 13), according to a senior company official.

Wu I-Fang, CPC’s petrochemical business division CEO, told Reuters that the 800-foot oil tanker Front Altair laden with 75,000 tonnes of naptha, a flammable liquid hydrocarbon, when it was "suspected of being hit by a torpedo," at around noon today Taiwan time. There are unverified reports that it was hit by a mine.

The ship was bound for Taiwan from Qatar when it was struck about 25 miles from Jask, Iran, reports Reuters. A fire ensued and the order was given to abandon ship.

Taiwanese tanker hit by torpedo in Gulf of Oman | Taiwan News | Jun. 13, 2019 18:20

www.taiwannews.com.tw

 

[BCNTM]

Did Iran forget Operation Praying Mantis?

I am pretty sure they will get a reminder some time soon if they keep this up

 

[colin traveller]

It was never a Torpedo .. more like a Mine the tanker hit .. and the tanker was empty .. wasn't even fully laden with Crude oil as the water line was way high up out of the water

 

[bfc1001]

I'm struggling already . So we've had a few months of US Intel saying Iran may attack . Then this happens ? At least no oil was lost , God forbid .

 

[Mordoror]

Alleged footage of IRCG removing a magnetic mine from a tanker according to the US DoD

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Which makes them perfect culprits

Just my few guesses (we need people with more naval EOD expertise but)

- footage is blurry : it could be a mine as it could be a magnetic teddy bear
- there is a lot of people acting not really precautionously during a EOD operation if it is really a mine
- doesnt look like an IRCG attack boat
- if it is a mine it is very high above the water line so probably not a naval mine but an ship born mine
- if ship borne the boat should have been detected by somebody somewhere
- if it is really a mine (so far only assessed by US DoD) it doesn't mean that it is an Iranian mine. Could be anybody in the area
- Last point, the US DoD and Intel community has a bad past history about forging things from questionable footages/powerpoints/speeches for reasons (like justify wars)

Make your own opinion about the event but frankly it smells again a bit like the "anthrax vial" and "baby incubators" excuses .....

 

[Euroamerican]

I haven't had a chance to think about this event much or gather information, but it sure seems convenient for the US that Iran would make such an attack. What positive purpose would they have in doing this, the Iranians?

 

[Mordoror]

I haven't had a chance to think about this event much or gather information, but it sure seems convenient for the US that Iran would make such an attack. What positive purpose would they have in doing this, the Iranians?

Iran is not a monolithic entity
It could be very well hard core franges of the IRCG not controlled by the smoother part of the council
But yes it is dubious to say the least
In particular, bombing a Japanese tanker while the Japanese Prime Minister is visiting your country seems a bit dumb ......

 

[1645556315]

My guess - Israelis and Saudis did it, not sure with US approvement or not.

 

[downsizer]

Love the conspiracy theories around ATM.

 

[Mordoror]

Love the conspiracy theories around ATM.

Yes because we, the good guys, are always clear hands and have not interest at all to steer S**t with Iran. We, and all our BFF like KSA and Israel
And there are no past examples of manipulation or false flags like well Tonkin gulf, koweiti baby incubators, anthrax vials, USS Liberty, etc....

 

[BCNTM]

My guess - Israelis and Saudis did it, not sure with US approval or not.

My guess - Ruski's did it so they could try and sell Iran an anti aircraft system and to push the price of oil up?

 

[BCNTM]

UK joins US in accusing Iran of tanker attacks as crew held

Trump says incident involving two vessels in Gulf of Oman has ‘Iran written all over it’

www.theguardian.com

 

[Euroamerican]

The American "deep state" or the Democrat Media conglomerate did it to make Trump look bad, give him a potential to fail or suffer an oil crisis during the last 17 months of his presidency. Just my Friday Sarcasm.....

It will be extremely interesting to find out more.

 

[Junglejim]

When even the owner of the ship attacked says it wasnt a torpedo or a mine.... but your nation is already hell bent on starting a war.

Trump administration providing ‘false’ information about Gulf of Oman attack, says Japanese tanker owner

The owner of the Japanese tanker attacked on Thursday said US reports have provided “false” information about what happened in the Gulf of Oman. The ship operator said “flying objects” that may have been bullets were the cause of damage to the vessel, rather than mines used by Iranian forces, as...

www.yahoo.com

 

[AAR Galileo]

Let them start a war if they want is good for the reelection as long as the casualties stay under 50,000.