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Iran Enters Hornets Nest: Parks Two Warships Off Yemen Coast Immediately Next To Two US Aircraft Carriers
The probability of a major escalation over the latest proxy Middle Eastern civil war just escalated substantially.
While it has been widely reported that the United States has been accelerating its weapons supply to the Saudi-led coalition striking rebels in Yemen as a sign of how foreign powers are deepening their involvement in the conflict, the biggest regional backer of the Houthi rebels, the state of Iran, had been mostly inert. Until this morning, when as AP reports, Iran dispatched a naval destroyer and another vessel Wednesday to waters near Yemen.
According to Iran's English-language state broadcaster Press TV, the official reason for the mini flotilla is a peacekeeping mission meant to deter piracy. It quoted Rear Adm. Habibollah Sayyari as saying the ships would be part of an anti-piracy campaign "safeguarding naval routes for vessels in the region." The real reason has nothing to do with pirates and everything to do with showing that there is another interest party in a conflict that until now has seen unilateral involvement mainly by the Saudi-led and US supported Gulf Arab air campaign targeting the Yemeni rebels, known as Houthis.
As for the topic of US support, speaking a day earlier in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken blamed the violence in Yemen on the Houthis, and forces loyal to former President Ali Abdullah Saleh, saying that the U.S. is committed to defending Saudi Arabia.
"We have expedited weapons deliveries, we have increased our intelligence sharing, and we have established a joint coordination and planning cell in the Saudi operations center," he said in a statement to reporters after meeting with Saudi royals and Yemen's President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled his country amid rebel advances.
Ironically, the U.S. said that the chaos has allowed the local al-Qaida branch, which it considers the world's most dangerous wing of the group, to make "great gains" on the ground, causing Washington to rethink how it prevents it from launching attacks in the West.
"Ironic", because as reported previously, it was the US' own hasty departure from the Houthi overrun country that provided $500 millions of dollars in "misplaced" modern weaponry and supplies to these same rebels.
That was the US side of things. Here is Iran's via Press TV:
The 34th fleet of the Iranian Navy has left for the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab Strait in line with the country’s policy of safeguarding naval routes for vessels in the region.
The flotilla, which comprises the Bushehr logistic vessel and Alborz destroyer, left Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas on Wednesday, Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said on the sidelines of a ceremony to deploy the fleet.
The Alborz destroyer shown here in a Feb. 21, 2010 file photo.
More from Press TV:
The commander said that the 34th Fleet is sent on a mission “to provide [safety for] Iran’s shipping lines and protect the Islamic Republic of Iran’s interests in the high seas.” Sayyari said that the flotilla also seeks to ensure safety for the vessels against pirates.
The Navy observes international law while conducting its mission in the north of the Indian Sea with full power, the commander stressed.
In recent years, Iran’s Navy has increased its presence in international waters to protect naval routes and provide security for merchant vessels and tankers.
In line with international efforts against piracy, the Iranian Navy has also been conducting patrols in the Gulf of Aden since November 2008 in order to safeguard merchant containers and oil tankers owned or leased by Iran or other countries.
Iran’s Navy has managed to foil several attacks on both Iranian and foreign tankers during its missions in international waters.
As Al-Arabia adds, "Iran has condemned the campaign and called for dialogue. Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of providing military support to the Houthis, a charge the Islamic Republic denies. The Iranian ships will patrol the Gulf of Aden, south of Yemen, and the Red Sea, Sayyari said. The area is one of the world's most important shipping routes and a gateway between Europe and the Middle East."
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And now the punchline: as the following Naval update map shows, the two Iran warships will now be located in the immediate vicinity of not only two US aircraft carriers, CVN-71 Teddy Roosevelt and CVN-70 Vinson, but well as the big-deck amphibious warship Iwo Jima which as reported before is providing marine support should the situation demand it.
All of this means the odds of a naval "accident" involving one or more warships in the Red Sea just went up substantially.
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Iraq regularly.
You fail.
But Persia has only fought for its historic territory.
You mean the country that is the largest sponsor of state terrorism? You mean the ones for the IED's in Afghanistan and Iraq that killed American soldiers? You mean who lied about having the nuclear program they now have for peace? Just like their religion....of peace?
If I didn't know better if saw you were GW. Too funny.
If I may speak for the ZH Dunning-Kruger circle jerk, you must be a Zionist puppet. :)
Gee how typical.
How so? I agreed with your post.
Iran is our ally now. They are helping.
Seems like everyone is helping on this one. The promise of the UN finally realized!
If the USSA thinks they can now play with Iran like a cat plays with mice on catnip, they are grossly mistakened! Period!
Iran can sabotage any ship in the strait.
What's frightening is that with the Ayatolla's nod-of-approval, western Afghanistan will go up in smoke... leaning towards Pakistans' ISM on USSA destruction mode via mobile nukes relocation and Saudi Arabia acquiesence?
What this means is the NWFT esp. Waziristan v. Baochistan, if you know what I mean3?
so let me get this right: Saudi Arabia with the help of USA illigally attacks a sovern country but Iran cannot part war ships where it wants? Man, sometimes I REALLY HATE reading the so called "news".
Nobody said they can't. But, you'd hope the Iranian navy teaches their boys to swim.
This notion that war is somehow "illegal" is dangerously naive. Illegal perhaps from the view of the UN, a gang of corrupt bureaucrats. Immoral perhaps, depending on the circumstances. People need to stop dreaming of unicorns and rainbows. Putin marching into Ukraine isn't any more illegal than the Saudis carpet bombing Yemen. People need to do some reading: TE Lawrence, Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Clausewitz...
Test out some of them hypersonic anti-ship missles they got from Russia.
The 34th Fleet? That's f-ing hilarious!! That ship is smaller than most country's frigates. It was built in 1969, which is around the time that Bell 212 aft of her stearn was state of the art - you're average local news traffic copter is more capable. Her most advanced anti-aircraft weapon is a 4.5" gun whose design dates from 1938. There are Russian billionaires with larger, more heavily armed yachts.
Yep! Kinda makes you think why is Iran allegedly sailing 2 old tin cans between 2 CBGs and a 'phib battle group?
Every Ayatollah vessel is christened, oops, as its own fleet.
If I was the US admiral in charge there I would be placing as many sacrificial 'picket' vessels around my carriers as soon as possible.
It wouldn't take much for that Iranian destroyer to 'Jap' the US and slam a few Russian made 'Brahmos' anti ship missiles into either one of those carriers (or both). The Iranian destroyer would be destroyed of course but would earn the dubious distinction of being the first suicide navy destroyer whose soul purpose would be to take out a capital ship such as a billion dollar carrier...
Even if they didn't sink the carrier the psychological effect of watching a 26 billion dollar boat, (including the cost of crew planes and training), burning would be devastating to national morale and pride (if we have any pride left). It would also be a shot of adrenaline in the arm of ISIS, Russia and China all 3 of which ARE NOT OUR FRIENDS.
This is getting serious...............
That's what all the other carrier task force ships are basically there for....to protect the carrier.
The flawed knowledge of military affairs here is laughable. The Iranian ship doesn't have that "Brahmos" missile (which really isn't all that and a bag of chips anyway), it has 4 (which isnt very many) C-802 missiles, which is a Chinese knock-off of an early version of the French Exocet. Pretty much any naval vessel with a modern air defense system is going to be just fine.
your tactics to act against yakhont/Brahmos will not work (manny vessels arround).
Yakhont Brahmos atack in a swarm and AI goes always after the biggest/most valuable target.
the scvuttlebutt is the unwritten part of the nuke agreement was the acknowledgemnet that the usa and iran are on the same side, vis a vis, stability in the mid east. someone at the state department(likely not mr. ed) was finally able to convince everyone iran makes the perfect foil to israel and the sunnis. that is why israel, aipac and the neonutz are apopletic about the iran deal. the neonutz have been vanquished.
now is the time to get rid of them. nutandyahoo will do something stupid with john the boner at his side until they figure out rand is getting big votes for his out of the mid east policy with a focus on fundamental islam(israel/saudi backed sunnis).
there is a false flag coming to a place near you soon. the neonutz will go down swinging.
Who are the Neocons within the Obama Administration? Don't name a mouthpiece, a/k/a public affairs officer.
Obama is a Wahhabe Muslim like his [fathers]
His cabinet is full of Muslims
That is why he is dealing with Iran and planning the division of Israel like he promised to his Muslim Brothers at the start of his presidency.
Happy now you paranoid Jew bangers?
http://shoebat.com/2012/10/10/the-obamas-kenyan-branch-revealed-in-shock...
The Obamas’ Wahhabist Fundraising Empire: Obama’s First Cousin Spills The Beans (on video)Dude? DUDE?! You obviously aren't aware of the shape shifting nature of the Zionists, The Tribe, The Choosen, the ZWO, the Kharzks (Sp), and the Talmudes. You'll never be taken seriously by the resident Left-Handers, CAIR rectum snooters, and Buchenwald Oven Operator Union members with such obvious attempts to dissuade the GeoWashCircleJerkers that the World must be made safe from the Jooos!. Just sayin...
It's like parking a row boat next to a yacht.
With Obama in office, you can do just about anything you want.
Except start a new small business!
<:::::rim shot:::::>
Geez, I sure hope the US Armed Forces doesn't start shooting down civilian airliners again, murdering hundreds of Iranians like during 1988. How could the most advanced military in history mistake an Airbus for an F-14?
The Ukrainians thought a Malaysian Jet was Putin's....
Shit happens.....
I know, I was just saying hi to all the ZH Goebbels-Mohammedens.
If one sets aside all the conspiracy craziness, it was actually a software bug. The Navy networks their vessels together to share radar data. A programming flaw allowed the Iranian F-14 and the Airbus to have have the same designation in the radar contact database.
Of course, Iranians might have considered not flying commercial air traffic over a naval vessel they were at the time attacking with machine gun speed boats.
Giggity!
Iran couldn't even defeat Saddam after 8 years of war. A gov't war machine of war criminal proxies. Can't wait until the Israelis vaporize their 12th Imam.
Gulf of Tonkin, bitchez. Americans are so easy to lead into fake wars.
In 40 years we've gone from McHale's Navy to McCain's Gravy.
ooh..scary. Frigate built in the 70's. We need to sink them so that they can go order some more modern equipment from Russia.
expect USS Liberty incident 2.0 soon
Ami go home!
What is US doing there?
Why do not USs investigate 9/11, or killing of JFK by GHWB?
Why the hell are US ships in every ocean? Why the hell they terrorize the planet?
Amerika kinda fugged up. Most of mideast damn near total fugged up. Whole world depends on stable supply of energy. No one else wants to play world police since WW2 and happy to let Amerka keep footing the bill. Amerika gets <8% of oil from mideast. Sorry for your confusion re: global economy dependence on stable energy supplies.
Next question.
A new phase in the Pax Americana management of the sacred oil patch :
http://emboldened-eye.blogspot.fr
When old accomplices in the Oil-$ game fall out the consequences could be huge for the world.
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Keep your gun pointed at the roof, Sal.
We don't want an accidental shooting.
Hello, can you pleae hurry up and finish shipping the order of the "not yet delivered' goods or provide $ refund ASAP, thanks, .......Mr Houthis.
"...the biggest regional backer of the Houthi rebels, the state of Iran, had been mostly inert...
"...a conflict that until now has seen unilateral involvement mainly by the Saudi-led and US supported Gulf Arab air campaign targeting the Yemeni rebels, known as Houthis."
Hey Tyler, your Russian roots are showing again. Try to keep up.
March 20: Iranian ship unloads 185 tons of weapons for Houthis at Saleef
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/03/20/Iranian-ship...
Dec 15, 2014: Iranian support crucial for Houthis
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/15/us-yemen-houthis-iran-insight-...
Maybe Yemen is just a live exercise for Iran.
We can shoot the Iranian navy out of the sky before reveille