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Iran Responds To US Naval Escalation, Sends Warship Escort For Yemen Aid Vessel
The tension is palpable on the high seas these days, what with proxy wars raging in close proximity to critical oil chokepoints and “Axis of Evil” members stepping up efforts to deter the suspicious maritime activities of naval powerhouses like The Marshall Islands. You’ll recall that towards the end of last month, Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship that veered into its waters prompting the the US Navy to announce it would henceforth be escorting ships in the Persian Gulf as a safety precaution.
This was just the latest in a string of seaborne provocations which included Washington’s move to send an aircraft carrier to the waters of Yemen with the intention of supporting efforts to intercept Iranian vessels which the US assumes are carrying weapons intended for the Houthi rebels. Of course Iran would never, ever arm militiamen aiming to usurp a US-backed, Saudi-supported puppet government which is why the following shouldn’t be expected to ruffle any feathers in Washington:
The Iranian Navy is safeguarding 'Iran Shahed' ship, the Iranian vessel carrying humanitarian supplies to the war-stricken people of Yemen, according to Rear Admiral Hossein Azad, the commander of the first zone of the Navy.
Iran Shahed ship left the Port of Shahid Rajaei in southern Iran for Yemen after loading humanitarian supplies in the Iranian commercial port on Monday.
Airstrikes on Yemen by a Saudi-led coalition have killed and wounded thousands of innocent people of the country so far.
Rear Admiral Azad told IRNA that the 34th fleet of the navy, which is present in the Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandeb Strait, provides special support for Iranian vessels carrying humanitarian aid.
This fleet escorts Iranian commercial vessels and tankers, and also safeguards ships from other nations whenever deemed necessary, Azad said, citing the saving of a ship owned by Hong Kong from pirates by the 34th fleet of the Iranian Navy.
In other words: nothing to see here, just the Iranian Navy accompanying a ship loaded with “humanitarian supplies” (and certainly no weapons caches) to Yemen, where fighters (who Iran has certainly never armed before) battle Saudi Arabia (which has now positioned a “strike force” on the border) for control of the country.
Needless to say, the US will want to inspect any Iranian aid ships bound for Yemen, setting up yet another potentially tense situation and increasing the chances of an "accident" off the war-torn country's coast.
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NATO gets ready to defend the attack....?
RIPS
Just that Iran wont allow inspection: http://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2015/05/12/410664/Saudi-Arabia-Iran-Yemen-a...
Hey.. Accidents happen ya know.
seems like some bully has lost its mojo...baby...
It's amusing how the author says "Humanitarian Supplies"; I can almost hear his eyes rolling so hard his Yamaka is askew.
Iran has every right to supply whatever they wish; and they have every right to resist any interference with that right by using every weapon and platform in inventory.
I know SA is having fun putting the boots to the rebels from the air. It would be a refreshing sight seeing Saudi Aircraft dropping from the sky due to Iranian manpads.
Exactly. Mother fuckers are so use to controlling the USSA they think they can do it to everyone. GO IRAN!
https://boycottisraeltoday.wordpress.com/boycott-israel/
It's easy, just look at the UPC code.
Rebels don't need arms from Iran as they are being supplied by the US:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-03-23/us-loses-500-million-weapons-given-yemen-now-al-qaeda-hands
Position not updated in last 12 hours on marinetraffic.com:
http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/oldshipid:658462/oldmmsi:422517...
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Are Marshall Islands one of the 2 countries that backs US on all Palestine votes.
I think they are in danger of disappearing with rising ocean levels. They need a place to escape to.
Lord knows a 3mm rise is pretty darned terrifying. I'll just bet they are all loaded up and ready to bug-out, just cowering in their newly purchased ocean-front properties. Natch.
i can't imagine the terminator army isn't too far off. im sure GOOGL is building it as we speak. why else did they buy that AI firm. side-note: those robot animals they showed on CNBC a few times look scary when running thru the woods. that guy who kicked the one in the side ... careful bro. when that thing turns & squares you up, u know ur f'd. JMO but i wouldn't be doing ANYTHING to piss those things off.
A small scale directed EMP and done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOAnAjpXqc0
Robot abuse! Quit kicking that poor, defenseless thing!
Let's see how eager he'll be to kick it after they mount the 20mm chain gun on it's head.
"WTF? Did you just kick me, you SOB? [hostile target acquired - engaging]..."
Iran will protest, the US will search, the aid will get to Yemen. Film at 11.
Israel attacked a humanitarian aid ship in INTERNATIONAL WATERS and murdered 9 people including one American,
What was done about it? NOTHING.
On June 8th, 1965, during the Six-Day War, Israel attacked and nearly sank the USS Liberty belonging to its closest ally, the USA. Thirty-four American servicemen were killed and over 170 wounded in the two-hour assault by Israeli warplanes and torpedo boats.
USS Liberty: Dead In The Water" (BBC Documentary 2002)Hate to break this to ya, but the six day war was in '67, same year the chosenites attacked the Liberty.
"humanitarian supplies"
im guessing those are RPGs and tank shells with guaze wraps twisted around them
I am guessing you are a Saudi sand nigger who doesn't want anyone intefering with your genocide against the people of Yemen.
im actually a white italian from new york.
but hey, you were close!
White Italian from Jew York? Sure you are. oy vey
^^^
got hate?
yep , i hate genocidal psycopaths who think they are better than other human beings.
who said anything about being a genocidal psycopaths?
ive never thought we should have been screwing with the middle east, stay outta putin & xi's backyard, and stop trying to "nation-build, save the world".
im pretty sure our country here is pretty f'd up enough. would be nice to concern ourselves with 1 thing and 1 thing only: eliminate our debt & deficits going forward which i personally believe are the U.S.'s largest & single biggest threat.
The US gov is America's single biggest threat.
Debt and deficits....how old school ZH. You gotta hate to be in the new club. It'll suck in a year when this place is only populated by myopic anger. Then it'll shut down.
Fire with fire eh?
Genocide defined: the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
synonyms: mass murder, mass homicide, massacre.
Judging by your posts and others that have now turned ZH into a fringe hate blog from intelligent financial site exposing economic chicanery, your answer is genocide for the Jewish race? Correct? How are you different, then? I bet after you comment you re-read your posts with self-believed glory at how nuanced you are.
The Jews are genocidal psychopaths. in Palestine and before that in Russia.
Get educated.
Look, many of your posts I have found solid, but this myopic focus on Jewish people could potentially turn people away. Past facts are past facts, but only focusing on this can have detrimental effects on a solid blog. Just sayin. No hard feelings.
On Sunday, an Israeli court approved the demolition of eight Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Semiramis. The court said the owners must destroy the homes themselves and pay fines of 49,000 shekels ($12,667) by 1 August, Ma’an News Agency reports.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-drives-palestinians-from-jerusale...
You got a hooked nose?
You, I like.
If we can have an economic depression that simply isn't acknowleged by the officials, then I guess we can have hot war between the US and Iran that isn't discussed as well. War without the propaganda just seems so weird, but on reflection no weirder than anything else thats been happening lately.
Hey, if they nuked New York and the govt decided not to mention it for fear of stoking animal spirits, would the average American continue as if nothing happened?
Private Eye had a nice record in the early 1960s........"This is the News ! The city of New York was today destroyed in a series of nuclear explosions. No Britons are reported amongst those killed."
Actually, if they nuked certain parts of New York, the average American might be better off.
Why didn't the US send warships to escort the Lusitania loaded with munitions bought by J P Morgan as agent for the British Government ? They were also coy about escorting convoys outside US waters in 1940
For the same reason the British pulled her escort ships, and vectored her into a known Uboat's operating area.
A: She called me stupid.
G: SEND THE FLEET! SEND THE FLEET!
A: He's touching me.
G: SEND THE FLEET! SEND THE FLEET!
A: She took the biggest piece.
G: SEND THE FLEET! SEND THE FLEET!
A: He keeps picking his nose.
G: SEND THE FLEET! SEND THE FLEET!
Marshall Islands are one of the few places to generate GDP from exposing themseves to nuclear tests
I worked there 5 years, I know all about it (Kwajalein Island).
Took this photo from Huey at Kwaj.,
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2q6y1lzwjd7hbft/Cus10203.JPG?dl=0
photo of signpost outside of Base Ops on Kwajalein
https://www.dropbox.com/s/681h0bhw34fnm10/Cus10109.JPG?dl=0
Proxy wars heating up? Same as it ever was...
What proxy war? Putin gave Russia's consent for the santions against the rebels in Yemen. Iran on the other hand is trying to step up and not cower. Some in Iran may have noticed those who cower or negotiate with Israel/US simply get set up for an easier killing and destruction of their country.
Hopefully the other leaders in Iran have also noticed those who trusted Putin/Russia were betrayed. Iran should have taken action when Syria was attacked (and both should have taken action when Libya was attacked).
If the US confronts these ships Putin will be contacted first and he will give his behind the scenes support again. He will make verbal protests again as always to hide his association and cooperation.
for the jewisher
the sampson option is normalcy
self hating psychosis is true.
why is the israelite stealing children from around the world.
because many of the tel aviv dimona chosen are sterile.
what with leakage from nuke test bomb facility and dumping tons of depleted uranium on neighbours the lunatics have polluted and ruined kosher wells.
in the 40s and 50s the brits and yanks called it down wind breathing,eating drinking radiation fall out.
for a jewish race obsessed with purity you will find only pollution and genetic mutations in future
thanks to du from friend usa usa.
the yanky jewishers has slow killed brother in the promised land.
when this temporal reality hits home sampson options a go.
and what of the blackmailed self hate of the german thank you you fucking tools.
only a sodomised german would give 6 nuke submarines for free gratis to a country full of
charlie mansons.
all the wells must be polluted all history reset zero
funny sascha baron cohen sang a song throw the jew down the well so my country can be free.
another hollywood liar
how many arabs in palestine slow died down wells.
sumtin gotta give
You are a fucking moron. Wow.
"Forget it, he's rolling."
wow
you call me a moron
and use wow
wow
not giving me much juice to work with
kleinfelt.
nothing as bad as a dry juice drink
Can't deny that Tony has a fan club.
Tony, we can only hope. But is there any information, studies or research that show contaminated water?
US, Saudi,etc can arm any rebel group it likes, but when anyone else does it, the neocons go berserk!
Americans hate humanitarian aid for people that don't kiss their FAT ASSES.
Iran knows Obama can't do shit. I'd be shocked if Russia didn't give them a green light on all this. After decades of foreign policy omnishambles, America has painted itself into a corner so tiny that the only options left are "Cave like a fag" or "Start WWIII."
Messing with Iran to please Israel. Beware The Scourge of Empires >>> http://wp.me/p4OZ4v-eK
Attacking a ship in international waters is a CRIME. (except if you are Israel).
How anyone could downvote that comment shows there are lots of asshole trolls here. Probably Hasbara trash
You are immune to International Law if you can unceasingly send checks to the 535 Jewbots that make up the American CONgress...
I hope if the USA attempts to 'inspect' ships in International waters they get their 'Black Pearl' moment.
They got enough problems at home with raging deficits, unemployment, barrios waiting to explode, cops you can't trust, lying and murdering presidents and pliticians and they want to tell other countries how to run their business?
What about the Saudi connection? Every week I read more and more how the CIA and Saudi Arabia have been conspiring about something in the past. Leads me to believe Bin Laden may be innocent of 9/11.
It is about time other nations on this fine continent of America either boycotts the USA until it becomes a decent nation again or shuts their gates to the "Evil" empire.
It's hard to inspect cargo ships at sea.
Can't the Americans instead inspect the cargo as it is unloaded at the destination port?
They could travel with the ship's crew, it should not be a problem as long as no-one is armed.
I have a better idea.
It's called "leave other people's ships and cargo, alone."
This is just like what happened to the Lusitania ....it was supposed to have military hardware on it too...so they said..after sinking it....and remember what happened after that
The Lusitania was subsequently revealed to have been carrying a cargo of ammunition.
Iran is widely known for it's "humanitarian aid"
Actually if you had a fucking clue you would know that is very true.
But I don't think you know shit from Shinola.
The Useless Snakes is widely known for killing people and invading their country. Not only that, after invading they call the people ''sand niggers;' and ragheads , furhtur endearing the people to America.
RougeUnderwriter.
The USA has killed well over 10 million INNOCENT people aorund the globe since 1960. This is FACT.
Iran hasn't attacked anyone in 300 years.
Private Bank Corporate run Washington can lie at will, and does. It does not need an event with Iran, when they can just lie with their media and make up new history. Trusting (and non-critical thinking) sheeple will go along with the propaganda. Since U.S. media consolidation, due to Clinton’s telecommunication act, America’s mass media (ministry of propaganda) has been spewing lies at an accelerated rate.
In recent history we have these lies:
Iraq weapons of mass destruction (nope).
Iran has nukes (nope).
Syria is gassing its citizens (nope).
Russia has invaded Ukraine (nope).
911 false flag.
Anthrax cover up.
CIA control of German Media
http://rt.com/news/196984-german-journlaist-cia-pressure/
Operation Gladio
http://www.truthmove.org/content/operation-gladio/
Note that Gladio is a systemic method for lying and manipulation
My Mefobills suggestion:
Humanity must take control of the money power. Governments should not be allowed to borrow money and private banking corporations should not be allowed to hypothecate new credit (loan by creation) into existence. Monetary policy belongs to the people, and fiscal authority (taxation) belongs to their government. All new money should originate at base of population.
www.sovereignmoney (with updates: safeguards for new spending to originate at base of population i.e. married “heterosexual” households being the base, not government. If government needs money they can tax, or take fees for their services.)
Otherwise, our world destroying lying shit-show will continue. Hidden money power pyramid has repeatedly shown us their ability to lie, cheat, steal, and most especially, mass- murder. And yes, this hidden money power is allied with Kabala, Zohar and Talmud as part of psychological control method, especially through their lodges, NGOs, and many hundreds of usury funded organizations..
Defund these psychopathic mass murdering ass-holes by taking away their money power, and returning said money power to the people, where it rightfully belongs.
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“The easiest way to gain control of a population is to carry out acts of terror. [The public] will clamor for such laws if their personal security is threatened”.
– Josef Stalin
MeofBills,
I checked out the Sovereign money site, good.
I share your concerns, as this is damn important to the survival of humanity.
You mention The Lost Science of Money and Web of Debt.
Bill Still said there is one flaw in the monetary.org idea at the Open Mind Conference 2012. Skanderborg, Denmark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXEioXVdB24&feature=youtu.be
Ellen Brown's idea does not go far enough usury wise but at least is somewhat beneficial like the North Dakota Bank but really is much like the Fed returning interest to the treasury. Fractional reserve banking seems to be more of a problem.
It comes down to this https://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/the-difference-between-d... (Lot's to learn on this site)
I also noted Michael Hudson on the soverign money site. I wrote him once, and he says local currencies are the answer.
Perhaps at least regional currencies should be considered for the US.
End the Fed - Replace it with a volunteer revolving board of citizens from all walks of life, including industry, non-profit, military, goverment, etc.
Pay em $1.00 per year plus expenses, and have the process be transparent on the net.
End interest bearing national debt.
Woof!
delete
The number of Mahdi jock sniffers neverceases to amaze.
Outstanding!
Never thought I'd be saying anything positive about Iran, but I am 100% against the neocon Bush/Obama administration support of Osama-loving, beheading-loving Saudi Arabia.
If there was one country which should have been invaded and occupied after 9/11, it was Saudi Arabia.
sgt_doom, Saudi is part of Washington Consenus:
Since 1973 Kissinger-Saudi pact, they are part of the system. Saudi's get front line military gear, security guarantees, and legal ability to form Cartels - namely OPEC.
Petrodollar standard is born as oil is to be priced in dollars. Most importantly: ALL PETRODOLLARS ARE TO RECYCLE INTO WESTERN MARKETS, OR INTO WESTERN BANKS.
Kissinger is a CFR agent, subordinate to world government (Illuminist Cabala) money power. The most important element of Saudi deal is how dollars recycle. Saudi does not have a word dominating bank, now do they?
Saudi engages in usury, despite Koranic injunctions.
Saudi royal family came into power in an illegitimate coup, and it was legitimized by 73 agreement.
I would
sink ALL iranian ships
shoot down ALL iranian aircraft
destroy ALL iranian airfields and ports
as free expression of and obedience to my "religion"
war akbar
You'll have your chance, soon.
Mommy's warming up the bath water for you right now.
No surprise considering this Prober guy is just dumb, neck with redness, incapable of anything except his own kind bydlo in the anus goes, well the flags to wave...
the arab islamic cult-worshiping cockroach has emerged from his hole again to dump another of his worthless word turds !
Lord, what a wild delirium.
My surprise is that SAM systems have not stopped the bombing. I guess its the high level stuff which needs a bigger more expensive missile, like BUK, which Yemen does not have?
Oh well the Iranian ships have these, and will Saudi bomb this armada? I think that would be really stupid if they did.
Rockin' the Akbar, Rockin' the Akbar
US Israel Saudi... evil stooges