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Iran Forces Open Fire On, Seize "Trespassing"US Cargo Ship With 34 People On Board, Arabiya Reports
Update 3: Turns out Iran did seize a ship, just not a US ship:
- PENTAGON SAYS NO US SHIP WAS SEIZED BY IRAN
- NON-U.S. SHIP MAY HAVE BEEN SEIZED BY IRAN, U.S. OFFICIAL SAYS
- IRANIAN MILITARY BOARDED MARSHALL ISLANDS-FLAGGED CARGO SHIP
- IRANIANS BOARDED MV MAERSK TIGRIS CARGO SHIP: PENTAGON
Update 2: Curiously, while we were confident Iran would deny the report first, it was in fact the US: US NAVY DENIES CONFRONTATION WITH IRANIAN MILITARY: CNBC
The good news is that it will be very easy to confirm who is lying and who is telling the truth, in a matter of hours.
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Update: WHITE HOUSE REFERS COMMENT ON IRAN SHIP CAPTURE TO DEFENSE DEPT
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Moments ago according to the native Twitter feed of al-Arabiya (which is owned by the Saudis), Iranian forces have seized a US cargo ship, which has some 34 American sailors, which they have taken to the port of Bandar Abbas.
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Al Arabiya adds that Iran fired on the US cargo ship before escoring it, a move which will surely lead to a rapid and violent escalation in the gulf:
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Iran's Farsnews confirms the Arabiya report, stating that "a US cargo ship with 34 crew was stopped and seized by Iranian Navy warships on Tuesday. The Iranian Navy has confiscated the American trade vessel with all its 34 crew for trespassing on Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf."
An Iranian warship is now taking the American vessel to Iran's Southern port city of Bandar Abbas in the Persian Gulf.
There has been no official confirmation of the seizure yet.
It is unclear why Iran would do this and if this is merely yet another Saudi provocation (expect a full denial by Iran), but the US kneejerk reaction may not only scuttle, so to say, any ongoing Iran nuclear negotiations, but led to a far more violent retaliation, which may explain the move in crude if not the move lower in stocks.
After all global war is bullish for risk.
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Just a few hours earlier Iran has demanded that Israel give up its “nuclear weapons”, as it spoke on behalf of the 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement. Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the bloc also wants a nuclear free-zone in the Middle East.
According to RT, Mohammad Javad Zarif was speaking at the United Nations for the non-aligned group of countries. Israel has never admitted or denied the widespread assumption it has nuclear weapons. However, Zarif says Israel’s assumed nuclear arsenal was a threat to regional security.
The Iranian Foreign Minister said the non-aligned movement regards Israel’s nuclear program as, “a serious and continuing threat to the security of neighboring and other states, and condemned Israel for continuing to develop and stockpile nuclear arsenals,” according to Reuters.
Israel has not signed up to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), though it has sent an observer to the month long conference for the first time in 20 years.
Zarif added that the non-aligned bloc are looking to create a nuclear free-zone in the Middle East “as a matter of high priority,” which will only be possible, if Israel abandons its nuclear stockpile.
“Israel, [is] the only one in the region that has neither joined the NPT nor declared its intention to do so, (...) renounce possession of nuclear weapons,” AFP cited Zarif as saying.
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For now the reaction is evident in crude prices...
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And here is the latest US naval map update:
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Your turn Obama, I'd try mobilizing the 5th fleet in order to please our Zionist overseers
Good thread for the Jew hating idiots
So Iran is under control of the Jews?
Ya, how dumb can you get.
Also a good thread for Jew-kissing, Israel Uber Alles idiots.
So AmeriKa is not under the control of the Jews?
Ya pretty dumb we can get.
Who said Iran is under the control of the Jews? No one - you're strawmanning all over the place. "Those crazy people that think that Jews hold influence in US/world affairs"...how dumb can YOU get to deny it?
Anyway, back in the day, (AFTER the US instituted a coup to take out the democratically elected PM Mossadegh, who sought to take back control of some of their oil) Israel and Iran were a power-pair in the region, with a very good relationship. Iran was in the Anglo-Zionist empire for those years. Check out the documentary by an Israeli that tells the story "before the revolution" (granted the quotes from Israelis in the trailer are sometimes nonsense about how important they thought they were and the nature of the relationship, but you can see Israel armed and trained the US dictator in Iran). We all know how that turned out. Thank you Jewmerica - you're such a reliable friend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x-Kyi99rL4
Iran saber rattling now. They want to see how much they can get away with without being bombed back to the stone age.
its all legal under intrntl law .. cunt care to follow it .
Gulf of Tonkin remix?
...." has demanded that Israel give up its “nuclear weapons”,
Good move, and it's about time the "international community" and its sheeples knows about the Israeli nukes.
Maybe George Bush Sr. can meet secretly with the Iranians in Paris to ensure that they keep the crew as hostages until the day his son Jeb is inaugurated.
Ouch!!
Can the Iron Sheik arbitrate?
Russian move to check by proxy? Prove beyond a shadow of a doubt to the world that the USA has been funnelling tens of billions of dollars in weapons to Al Qeada?
Nevermind.....DOD says not us
"There was a dozen ideas proffered about how to trigger a war. The one that interested me the most was why don’t we build — we in our shipyard — build four or five boats that look like Iranian PT boats. Put Navy seals on them with a lot of arms. And next time one of our boats goes to the Straits of Hormuz, start a shoot-up.
Might cost some lives. And it was rejected because you can’t have Americans killing Americans. That’s the kind of — that’s the level of stuff we’re talking about. Provocation. But that was rejected."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=slgBrbNXrbs
JewTube got that down fast.
Sure did. I got on about 20 mins after that comment was posted and the video was gone.
dupe.
"have seized a US cargo ship, which has some 34 American sailors"
time is not with us my friends we have to react NOW.
these victoria nuland kosher freedumb cookies will crumble and fungify in this salty hot iran air.
free are bakers give us back are cakes you brutish mullars
Does anybody know how many US flagged cargo ships there even are?
the US sailors is a nice touch though. considering usuallyi only the captain is a US citizen.
Hashtag #freeourship
Baal is pleased.
Israel has planes in the air trying to sink it before it reaches port... they love to attack US ships
And they can rely on the McStain family to leap to their defense again as with the USS Liberty.
Since when do 'cargo ships' carry 'American sailors'? And what 'cargo' besides oil, would a merchant ship be hauling in that area? If Iran really did seize an 'American' cargo ship, it would likely be full of weapons for ISIS.
Give Israel 48-hours to give up all their arsenal or the entire world launches their nukes into it. Global problems SOLVED.
Report is totally wrong -
It wasn't a cargo ship --
It is an aircraft carrier and the Malaysia Airlines 370 plane is on deck.
Maersk line ship seized. https://twitter.com/rconflictnews/status/593065794684243968
Where's Casey Ryback when you need him?
Ali Baba and the 34 thieves...
I had a dream, I imagined that those 34 were in fact the Neo-cons high command on their way to Riyadh to do a deal with the Webmaster of Sunni rabid webspinning. A tale of Scorpio who wanted to mate with an Arabian Praying Mantis.
Enter Ali Baba and "open sesame" and all the 34 were wallowing in hot olive oil; to be served at the table of Ayatollah's Eid festivities like sugar coated offerings for exchange-- after a few years in patriot act prison-- against a nuclear sparked deal. "We open our centrifuges, you open your markets to our oil; we both go after Sunni scalawags in Raqa...deal or no deal Mr John O'kerry?"
What wouldn't Obammy give to see that dream come true. All those Repugs, neo-con friends of GWB, Long John Cheney and Ole Anthrax Rumpsteak, end up in Abou Ghraib under Iran and Raqa gets lumpen proletariarized by the Quds of Ray (olde Tehran).
When Baltimore burns and the Congress yearns that its worst "homeland" house of cards enemy turns up in Abu Ghraib!
Send in Jimmy Carter to negotiate!
If you are into drones check out this site : www.pickyourdrone.com
"WHITE HOUSE REFERS COMMENT ON IRAN SHIP CAPTURE TO DEFENSE DEPT" This is what leading from behind looks like. Can we get a comment from Kerry who is on his hands and knees "neogiating" with Iran. Wow Obama and his people are the ultimate joke
Kerry is too busy to speak. He is trying to manipulate a large object stuck in his mouth, and he has difficulty breathing.
This is the Iranians version of the Baltimore riots..if you want somehting..just take it...might have a bunch of Cheetos and Toilet paper on board...
Clearly Obama has achieved a ground breaking deal.
The Trigger Happy will be disappointed.
Given all the activity in the Middle East, it makes good sense to have some upside exposure to oil or oil services companies. Any 'event' could immediately result in an oil price spike. An best of all, you are not buying something at all time highs - and you are buying at a time when the dollar seems to be weakening. Watch for opportunity after the FedSpeak.
I'm looking out my window and don't see any ships, I'm not alarmed one bit nor do I see any reason to be concerned....
So long as the arms go to one group of humans fighting against another group of humans it is all good.
Nobody knows nuttin. The Pentgagon is obfuskating, the WH says talk to the Pentagon, and the Iranian Navy practices boarding drills on ships it says are tresspasing. Why is the US Navy there? If it is not protecting the sea lanes, what usefull purpose does it have for being there?
"Why is the US Navy there?"
To provide a big target to attack.
That will provide in diplo-speak...
Causus Belli
Muslim will rule the world.
What me worry?
ZH: "Just a few hours earlier Iran has demanded that Israel give up its “nuclear weapons”, as it spoke on behalf of the 120-nation Non-Aligned Movement. Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif said the bloc also wants a nuclear free-zone in the Middle East."
Iran should have made this move a Long time ago. It's what I've been advocating for almost two years. Here are some recent clips...
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-09/russia-responds-european-army-p...
Mon, 03/09/2015 - 15:52 | 5870597 Kirk2NCC1701
"Why should only Israel be allowed to have WMDs (Nukes on various platforms and Biological weapons), when other ME countries are not?" Put another way...
"Why should Israel alone be allowed to have the 'Sampson Option'? Why should Iran, for example, not be allowed to have the same Sampson Option?”, given that they were the ones attacked by the US? (E.g., The CIA Coup in the 1950s, attack by Saddam's Iraq and US-backed Iraq-Iran war)
Perhaps only when Iran also has its "80 nukes", will Israel and its Zionist fanatic Settlers are forced to compromise with the Palestinians (who are far more 'indigenous' to the region than are the white 'Jews' of Central and Eastern Europe). Only when they are absolutely forced to, might they seek peace -- rather than keep up their theft and conquest of Other People's Lands and Resources (Land, WATER and Oil).
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-13/proxy-war-escalates-russia-lift...
Mon, 04/13/2015 - 18:23 | 5988660 Kirk2NCC1701
But only the Chosen Few are allowed the Sampson Option, it seems.
And NuttyNyahoo's biggest fear is Iran's "total compliance", as it neutralizes his Reform Zionist false accusations, and redirects the Agenda back on him, back on the Likud and back on a Palestinian State debate -- which is ANATHEMA to these imperial Zionists, who love stealing and settling or Palestinian* land.
* The TRUE Semites -- as opposed to those fake paper ones from Europe and USA, whose DNA is in most cases very diluted or non-regional altogether.
http://rt.com/news/249057-netanyahu-fear-iran-deal/
Hey Captain,
What do you think of this speech? Is this what Speilberg has been trying to blindfold us from?
http://www.therealistreport.com/2015/01/adolf-hitler-man-who-fought-bank...
Since the nutty-yahoos have nukes should we not let the Muslims take care of them for us? Teach them about Clomiphene so they can have a litter of pups each time.
In the mid-thirties Churchill observed that Hitler had taken on 'the international financiers' and that this would eventually lead to his destruction. Shortly afterwards we saw the Daily Express headline 'Judea Declares War On Germany'
I wish I new more about history but my treadmill runnith too fast, that and I made a brief appearance at a jewyork state public skool systems.
thx Monty. Took a look at that. 1933, one penny for the paper:
http://www.biblestudysite.com/judeawar.htm
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The Jewish merchant prince is leaving his counting-house, the banker his board-room, the shopkeeper his store, and the pedlar his humble barrow, to join together in what has become a holy war to combat the Hitlerite enemies of the Jew.
Plans for concerted Jewish action are being matured in Europe and America to strike back in reprisal at Hitlerite Germany.
In London, New York, Paris, and Warsaw Jewish merchants are waiting for a commercial crusade.
Resolutions are being taken throughout the Jewish business world to sever trade relations with Germany.
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It sure sounds like Germany is going to have "Costs" applied to them.
Mossad doing its shit again - "By Way Of Deception, Thou Shalt Do War."
Its easy to tell who's lying and not.
If USA is saying Iran didnt capture any ship, they did.
If USA is saying Iran captured a shíp, they didnt.
Gimme a break. The Marshall Islands are a sovereign nation with a governing agreement with the United States, not too dissimiliar a model like the British Commonwealth. If it had been a Bahamian, Fijian, or Cypriot flagged vessel that was seized, ZH wouldn't have dared stated it was a British vessel! Zerohedge paranoid alarmism: 1; Rationalism: 0.
NUKE IRAN NOW !!!!!!!!!!!
Ring ring, ring ring, ring... Howdy, what's up!
Hey Barry, it's Jimmy...
Jimmy? Jimmy who?
Jimmy Carter!
Oh, hi Jimmy what's up?
Just wanted to give you some heads up and advice dude!
Those Iranians 'taking 34 Americans', you need to listen...
You were only a puppy back in 1980, but something similar happened to me...
I wanna tell you dude if you can turn the music down...
Good job this is your last Prez, because it gave us Reagan last time! OK?
Man, These days one has to go to a Russian news site to get the skinny.
Anyone interested in R E A L I T Y
http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20150428/1021488863.html
"the ship was seized at the request of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organization, which had financial disagreements with the owner of the vessel."
They tried to skip out without paying the bill. lol Thanks for sharing.
Somebody text Lurch and ask him if the Marshall Islands is one of our 57 states.
doesn't sound like much drama according to this report
http://presstv.com/Detail/2015/04/28/408534/iran-forces-ship-persian-gul...
Do you even fuckin know what the expression "To fire a shot across a boat's bow" signals?
Either you are to stupid to know what that old naval expression means or you are a pathetic, retarded pro Western, double standard propagandist.
Do you remember this story? Of course you don't. It just refutes your bullshit reporting.
The Russian trawler claimed it was not in Senegalese waters but the Senegalese warship said it was. End of argument. The russian trawler was escorted back to Dakar harbor where a larger French Warship was moored.
So please take of your pissed on pants and try to remember their are two sides to every story.
the most important part of the story is was the MAERSK TIGRIS in Iranian territorial waters or not?
If you were in your mermaid costume and were there, post a selfie and perhaps we will believe you.
Iran needs to develop nuclear weapons as soon as possible before confronting Americans . And stop vomiting anti American statements.
Because Americans only understand the language of violence and war . Iranians should make themselves strong first. America has only become a mad rabid dog which needs to be put down. Direct confrontation is dangerous (could give you rabies hah ha).
Wait & watch (& enrich). Forget sanctions .
Enrich Enrich Enrich
But do not test .
& if you need to test , you need a Hydrogen one , the thermo with at least a megaton each, because u need a big one for the bigger enemy. Then keep launchers ready . You need to launch these thermos into satellite orbits , make them satellites and when they reach over America , let these drop down over major American cites & military sites.
Also Iran should develop missiles to shoot American military & communication satellites because America relies on these heavily. With satellites gone and EMP , America will be crippled.
After that you can do whatever with them , but hey dont forget to loot the gold from Fort Knox.