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Crude Spikes To Two Weeks High Following Israel Embassy Bombings, Warning Of Iranian Naval Kamikazes
While today's market session has been broadly calm for the time being, that has not prevented Oil from falling back to its old norm of being impacted by the merest rumor of geopolitical tensions, of which we have had quite a few of already, following car explosion attacks targeting Israel embassy officials in India and Georgia. While Iran has yet to make any announcement on these events, which oddly enough resulted in no deaths, Israel has already blamed Iran for everything. From Reuters: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's arch-foe Iran "stands behind" bombers who targeted Israeli embassy cars in India and Georgia on Monday. Netanyahu linked the incidents to reports of foiled attacks in Thailand and Azerbaijan last month for which, he said, Iran and its Lebanese guerrilla "proxy" Hezbollah were responsible."Iran, which stands behind these attacks, is the largest exporter of terror in the world," Netanyahu said, addressing his Likud party faction in parliament." It appears that when it comes to car bomb assassination plots, Iran still has to learn from those which targeted its own nuclear scientist successfully a few weeks ago. Yet this latest escalation in attempted provocations is not unexpected: it comes on the heels of the announcement of a US Naval Official who said that "Iran is building up its forces in the Persian Gulf and has prepared speedboats loaded with explosives." Whether it actually has or has not is irrelevant: all that matters is that the US navy 'says so.'
The pre-emptive attack posturing continues via RT:
"They have increased the number of submarines [to 10], they increased the number of fast attack craft," the commander of US naval forces in the region, Vice Admiral Mark Fox, told reporters on Sunday. "Some of the small boats have been outfitted with a large warhead that could be used as a suicide explosive device. The Iranians have a large mine inventory."
The head of US’s Fifth Fleet also added that the United States has been watching with interest how Tehran develops its long-range rockets and various ballistic missiles, not mentioning the country’s nuclear program.
The 2000 suicide attack of Al-Qaeda’s small boat on the destroyer USS Cole in a Yemeni port, which killed 17 sailors, exposed a relative vulnerability of huge battleships before such attacks. Now, the US command says it takes these threats seriously, also adding that it is prepared for them.
"We are very vigilant, we have built a wide range of options to give the president and we are ready… What if it happened tonight? We are ready today," Vice Admiral Fox assured.
And so the jawboning continues, even as Iran's economy continues to tumble down a hyperinflationary abyss, yet we are all led to believe all Iran wants to do is commence war on the world. Which in itself only brings us closer to one, pretty much as hoped for by those who truly stand to profit from one breaking out. Such as the producers of the sequel to "Wag the dog."
One commodity that is not waiting is Crude, which just took out triple digits again, and is back to 2 weeks highs. That this will have an impact on gasoline prices, which as we reported yesterday are already at 5 month highs, is to be expected. What is also to be expected is the economist prop-armada attempting to spin how another spike in unleaded to $4.00 is beneficial and in fact essential for the economy.
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Not to be overly redundant, but NetanWAHOO's statement is laughable since it should be obvious that Israel is probably the sole exporter of terror in the world and it has enlisted its puppet states and minions in Europe and the America's to assist in the hypocrisy and deception.
The ultimate question to be answered is, WHY? Why must they continually foment, infiltrate, undermine and polarize? Does it ultimately serve some worthwhile purpose that we are just too stupid to understand.
So, the fact that there were no deaths seems quite suspicious, no?!? One would think that in the face of Israeli and US covert attacks in Iran, with many deaths, if Iran had ANY intenion of giving Israel and the US an excuse to attack they would be more effective, no?
Chalk it up to just another tired old Israeli false flag deception.
The Muslims are coming, the Muslims are coming! Well, not in Kosovo. The Christians are coming, the Christians are coming!
Nostradamus said that "the clever ones" would flee before the BIG ONE. Though I suppose news of the dual citizens getting in their private jets in the middle of the night won't be reported by Reuters,eh.
alas, after "the big one" the world will be populated by CSI agants and rappers
"prepared speedboats loaded with explosives."
"Some of the small boats have been outfitted with a large warhead that could be used as a suicide explosive device. The Iranians have a large mine inventory."
So what? So what? So what?
The IRANIAN military has WWII and Vietnam ERA weapons/systems/training.
Any clown*ucker can attach a 'device' to the front of his speedboat. Getting anywhere within range to use any of this crap is LAUGHABLE at best.
And the Vietnamese had WW1 era weapons/sysems/training...it aint all about how nice your rifle is.
deaths:
2 million vietnamese
60k US
yes, we all know that amrka is very good at the overKILL, as if sheer numbers of the other'd side's dead is somehow seen as #WINNING,
when in fact, it's just a testing ground for their spendy weaponry, and the numbers of slow deaths over time of amrkn military human-units is never, ever factored into the stats.
start there. and cost-factor it in. *waves flag*
Agent Orange, that Viet Nam era prized invention, coming to the homeland soon - again, #WINNING.
http://www.naturalnews.com/034492_Dow_AgroScience_deregulation_2-4-D.html
Right on target SheepDog-One.
http://kitup.military.com/2010/04/taliban-snipers-reach-for-enfield.html
“…Chivers posted an awesome video that shows how one sharpshooter kept a platoon of Marines boxed in for a bit, and even took a chunk out of a grunt's shoulder. But most amazingly, Chivers shows that captured weapons after the op indicate the bad guys are reaching for the old school Enfields, not the Dragunov as their Iraqi compadres had. A big old 303 round, bolt action, and heavy barrell contribute to the old "battle rifle's" accuracy.
It's interesting to ponder why they're using the Enfield more than a more modern rifle — probably supply chain issues more than anything. …..”
Snipers must have a bolt action.
dragunov is one of those fancy blast operated sliding rotating bolt assembly kalishnikov type weapons.
fancy yes, accurate no.
Bolt action. feels good sliding in. feels even better coming out.
Especially laughable when you have supersonic anti-ship missiles that probably can't be stopped by the AEGIS system.
"Iranian navy kamakazi", that is a great name for a rock band.
You what's a great name for a band?
'never be famous'
It takes a computer to do the math in real time and there is always a counter.
Will the job get done in time or not? Who knows? At least we recognized that the gatling can stop a missile 100 yards from the ship that will be shredded. Now we try to use a fast missile to stop same inbound several miles out.
The British are the leaders in air defense right now, thier missile technology is unbelievable fast. And it has to be.
No to mention Russia on the side lines itching to sell real weapons for oil or gold. Yeah, it is all hilarious. Let's do this. The US hasn't gotten a bloody nose since the 60s which was war lost lost to an army using bicycles.
Ask your self; If the US goes to war with Iran, who "ALL" are going to be winners, who "ALL" are going to be losers? Or you can look at it this way. How much American blood, and how much Jewish blood? I think it will be much like Iraq! Russia & China should make out like bandits, with great deals for oil, weapons, and gold.
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everyone loses, but some don't care, and in fact, get off on it.
Wrong. Not everyone. Some will actually profit quite handsomely.
unlike most here, I don't frame reality in terms of who has the most "wealth" in the world.
sure, some are more wealthy than others can even imagine - at what cost to their humanity? and should you think them inhuman - then you've agreed with me, albeit laterally.
Wholesale gasoline finally crossing north of $3.00/gallon.
We'll see how sheepish the sheeple are soon at this rate.
Also, Bloomberg reporting that tankers are no longer loading Iranian crude as insurance isn't available. So the Greeks should run out soon as they were ever more reliant on Iran, as their financial status scared off the Russians and other suppliers.....
Gas (AKA financial and geopolitical insanity, AKA corruption) riots in the US and Greece = priceless
What...'real world' problems entering into the picture? Uh oh.
Forget the sheep. Wait until it starts hitting the "economic recovery."
Ratcheting it up another notch: http://www.military.com/news/article/us-admiral-says-forces-prepared-to-confront-iran.html
Meanwhile the phony bologna with extra HFT sauce markets in the US look to recapture the entire loss on Friday. Everyone said go short because the trend line break. One break does not support a direction. It has all the signals of breaking down but the manipulation is unreal at this point.
Other thoughts, why shouldn't Iran bomb them? No one died? Sounds fishy. Then again if Israel was behind it you think someone would've died, even if it were woman and children standing nearby.
My thoughts on the Greek protests:
People will soon enough find out that peaceful riots, and even violent ones, don't exactly do a whole lot of good if the people in the government are still in place.
Look what just happened in Greece: Whole place is up in flames, it gets voted in anyways and to top it all off the gov't officials that voted against it got fired.
Protesting is like 2 nuclear powers going to war without dropping the bomb. That is why it's an endless spiral down because there's always the "nuke" option in both cases and until it's utilized there is no clear winner. I'll leave it for you to decide what the nuke option is for the protestors. There's only 1 solution and it's not political if the protestors want to be declared the clear, undisputed winner.
Oh and btw..........taking on the US navy with speedboats? LMAO. A menace at best. Personally im waiting on the "big nuclear announcement" out of Iran this week. Boy wouldn't Israel shit if they declared they are just a little farther ahead than everyone thought.
So anyhows thank you rich elitest assholes as I will soon begin my day by stopping by the gas station and take it in the ass at the pump all because of your world domination plans that are going to hell. Those fuckers probably aren't even out of bed yet.
LOL Israel is probably getting rich trading on their own created insider information.
Just another piece of the US/Israel false flag propaganda bullshit.
They won't do anything yet, they're still building the story. We have yet to hit fever pitch.
Check - Iranian Nuclear Weapons Creation (see WOMD Lol)
Check - US Military build up in region (antagonistic rhetoric)
Check - False Israeli car bombing (ooh no one dead, funny that!)
See, we've hardly started.
It has been reported that the TotUS has been told to tell his insiders that the war against Iran will start Sept or Oct at the latest, so that he can have a war for the election and people will be too frightened and confused to take the chance of electing someone else...
... any war should be ignored as propaganda and slaughter for profit...
I'd be interested in that link...
I only start worrying when the Iranians have frickin' sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their frickin' heads.
I worry that the Iranians will someday aquire a drone.
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/iran-releases-video-captured-us-drone
Funniest comment from that thread:
"Where does it eat?"
I remember now as I laugh hysterically!
You're too late. The Egyptians have already blamed the Israelis for killing sharks eating their tourists.
Why does Iran need naval kamikazees when they have those EMP torpedoes they bought from the Chinese? You know, the ones with the Russian propulsion system that make'em travel like 200 mph underwater.
One torpedo.....one carrier group.
Oh yeah, that's right.....they only have two of them.
The Presidential Medal of Freedom to Robert M. Gates, a military aide read from the medal citation.
"(He) has selflessly dedicated his life to ensuring the security of the American people."
LOL
Gates was emotional as he began his response but joked of Obama, "We should have known a couple months ago you're getting pretty good at this covert-ops stuff."
FUCKIN' LOL
During what Gates said, "I will think of these young warriors -- the ones who fought, the ones who keep on fighting, the ones who never made it back -- till the end of my days."
LOLLAPOLUZA
"A sense of America's exceptional global responsibilities and the importance of what we do or do not do remain the 'great musts' of this dangerous new century. It is the sacred duty entrusted to all of us privileged to serve in positions of leadership and responsibility."
FUCK OFF
All through history, they are always the same.
When are we going to simply grow up as a species and culture. Talk about retarded development!
Amazing how deeply infested with Jew hating bed bugs this page has become, like a Manhattan hotel. Hitler would be proud.
Yep. Anonymous comments bring out the lowest form of life. They haven't the guts to burn crosses on lawns, but are welcome to on ZH.
Why do you think cowards wear white hoods?
I just read the thread and I didn't see anything blatent. Your wet dream of jew haters ER'd.
They see anyone opposed to WWIII, who calls out hypocricy and warmongering as a "Jew hating bed bug". Why is that?
Huh? There are Jew hating bed bugs living in Manhattan hotels? Tell Tom Bodette....he'll leave the light on for ya, and those bugs will scurry in a hurry!
"Iran is building up its forces in the Persian Gulf and has prepared speedboats loaded with explosives." Whether it actually has or has not is irrelevant: all that matters is that the US navy 'says so.'
Same tactics were used in the run-up to launch the invasion of Iraq. Colin Powell showing cut and paste cardboard dummies (which was apparently evidence enough) of Iraqi mobile launching units for its' weapons of mass destruction on prime time Teevee.
I remember this vividly, that dog and pony show was soooo fucked up. They didn't show live footage or pictures of these alleged launching units . . . No cardboard dummies which a 5-year-old could have produced. If you don't have the evidence you just produce something half-ass and simply call it evidence.
That's how the USSA "intelligence" and governmental apparatchiks sell their fantasies to the sheeple.
Touchy!
And the ZH claven goes wild. Anonymous jew-hating by WASP bitches. But some of your best friends are blacks, lulz.
Tough Guy,
Benji said it was Iran who laid the bomb, without any evidence justifying his claim. The dude is nuts.
Those speedboats are awesome. But the warhead on the boat is just a distraction. What you really have to worry about is the skier being towed behind the boat armed to the teeth with cherry bombs. Or ... Those 1200 mph sub-surface missiles might also be a problem. Let's see - if a ship is 30 miles offshore and the missile is traveling 1200 mph underwater and if there are several dozen of them coming from different directions and you're keeping your eyes on those speedboats - guys I sure hope their wakes aren't messing up your underwater detection gear.
Iran murders puppies. We should nuke them.
China eats puppies - so...? America abandons puppies ... and? Germans have fuck puppies clubs ... nu?
Fuck puppies, is that like sex kittens?
Whats next from MSM Iran going to club baby seals?
nope that's us
$250 oil soon.....peak oil + demand + MENA conflicts
Storm in a teacup.
I think the Iran-Israel syndrome must be getting jealous at seeing Greece and Syria getting all the attention...
What about USSSSS?????
You MSM shills you don't talk about us anymore!
How many virgins for taking out an aircraft carrier? I'm sure that would be a bell ringer and super lotto winner....
Interesting to see how fast the algos trade once some real things start to happen with Iran. Maybe they will time travel to backpost.
they need to pump this market up before the drop when sh** hits the fan.
Why would you cobble together kamikaze speedboats when you have some of the world's best anti-ship missiles, specifically designed to penetrate the air defenses of a US carrier battle group? I call major bullshit on that claim.
As for the supposed embassy attacks, it could hardly look more like a false flag. Obscure countries, one person mildly injured and the other "bomb" found before it could go off... yeah, right, I gotta bridge to sell you.
So I guess "we" are going to war with Iran, even though WE do not want any war with Iran.
The US Military needs 'Mercans thinkin' that we will finish them off in a nanosecond. Just like we did in Iraq, the Af, Vietnam....shit wait a minute....
"Why would you cobble together kamikaze speedboats when you have some of the world's best anti-ship missiles, specifically designed to penetrate the air defenses of a US carrier battle group? I call major bullshit on that claim."
You dumb fuck, there are many other ships besides the aircraft carriiers.
Mossad false-flag operations?
You know, I would really like to know who bought puts on the airlines before 9/11. It would point directly back to the culprits or their handlers.
We've been through the looking glass so long...
“Evidence linking these Israelis to 9/11 is classified. I cannot tell you about evidence that has been gathered. It's classified information.”
US Government Official
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbJfQhx6VD8
they need to bind all these "classifieds" into a BIG BLACK BOOK, to replace the ancient BIG BLACK BOOK scripts - essential reading for enlightenment.
And the ODIGO messages warning jews to clear out of the World Trade Center.
the banksters want the war, the bigger the better.
forget the profit, war creates debt on all sides
and he who controls the debt, controls everything...
Maybe JPM will sell war bonds like the did in 1860 -1863
This will give Obama another excuse for the economy.
Bush' fault, Iran's fault, Whitney's fault, Kanye's fault, Tom Brady's fault, Michelle's fault, Joe Biden's fault, but most importantly, cocaine's fault.
when did cocaine EVER cause a problem???
when it runs out?
Iran doesn't want war? Regardless of the brainwashed, paranoid anti-zionists that post here, war would be good for Iran.
It's a great distraction, and hell who knows, Achmedishitmyself has a better chance of unifying his people through explosions than the exponential spiral of hyperinflation. Their economy is back from the cusp of 2nd world, to the dredges of 3rd world - they can't exactly print their way to prosperity like we do.
Frank. This is a zerohedge message board meaning you should only blame USA and Israel for the world's problems. Anything putting Israel or USA in positive light is a conspiracy here.
Hegel thanks you.
Its called free speech and if you don't like it go to the MSNBC or CNN message boards, I'm sure you'll find a level of discourse more suited to your intellect.
Frank - thanks for using the correct terminology - anti-zionists
Galatians 4:29:
"But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh (Ishmael--Arabs) persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit (Isaac--Jews), so it is now also."
ahh, from that BIG BLACK BOOK of wars and persecutions. . .
The quote from galatians does not say Ishmael - Arabs and Isaac - Jews.
taken in that light, it says materialists make war on spiritualists.
I can vouch for that.
Yes, the big black book of wars and persecutions...
and like many, I'm sure you will claim perpetual victimhood while
satiating your materialistic desires.
I am the chosen people, are you?
chosen by who?
then you would be wrong - I've spent my whole life living simply, even while earning handsomely as an entrepreneur, then later on the royalties. . . because it was VASTLY more important to me to have the freedom of my time, movement, whims & thoughts than to be employed in the chasing of monies, and simultaneously forced to kiss ass while wearing a fake smile.
I "own" very little, not even a cell phone, drive a 25+ yr. old truck when I need to, and volunteer where I'm needed, which turns up many surprising adventures, none of them dependent on "victimhood" or "desire" - so don't be so sure you "know" me at all. . .
Galatians 4:29:
"But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh (Ishmael--Arabs) persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit (Isaac--Jews), so it is now also."
oh its coming..Obummer is going to hold this one in his back pocket, continue to create "tension" over there and then BAM..... 2-3 months before election time he will use a war/invasion of Iran to look all "Presidential"....RIGHT before the elections...and guess what??? STEAL the election!!!!
For sure its in the playbook
Everytime Israel talks of terrorism, my cat flips out. Its like a dog calling itself a cat while barking.
Imagine just leaving all those arab shit-bags alone. And leaving the jews alone too. And ending the aid to all those tumors... and bringing home all the troops... and letting Iran build whatever they want, with the minor proviso that if they even twitch, they get turned into glass... Ron Paul must be nuts.
Sounds like a play straight out of the 1947 pre-Israel playbook.
The oil companies are doing an ENRON to us all, demand is falling, supply is drowing the midwest, but the oil companies are reducing supply by refining less and making us pay through the ass. The Goverment has to step in.
it's not the oil companies, i've seen their tv ads....must be the speculators and other such evil doers
"Iran, which stands behind these attacks, is the largest exporter of terror in the world," Netanyahu said,
When the U.S. sponsored a coup and put in the Shah of Iran in 1953, and the Shah sponsored tortured his own people, what was that if not terrorism?
And when the U.S. goes to war with Iraq under completely false pretenses and kills hundreds of thousands of people, what is that called if not terrorism?
How many people have the U.S. and Israel killed compared to Iran?
When an innocent jew or Christian dies at the hands of a Arab, it is terrorism. When an innocent Muslim dies at the hand of a Jew or Christian, it is called collateral damage.
They're selling oil for half price in North Dakota.