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2023-08-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Shippers warned to stay away from Iranian waters over seizure threat as US-Iran tensions high
[NYPOST] Western-backed maritime forces in the Middle East on Saturday warned shippers traveling through the strategic Strait of Hormuz to stay as far away from Iranian territorial waters as possible to avoid being seized, a stark advisory amid heightened tensions between Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and the U.S.

A similar warning went out to shippers earlier this year ahead of Iran seizing two tankers traveling near the strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s oil passes.

While Iran and the US now near an apparent deal that would see billions of Iranian assets held in South Korea unfrozen in exchange for the release of five Iranian-Americans detained in Tehran, the warning shows that the tensions remain high at sea. Already, the US is exploring plans to put armed troops on fat merchantmen in the strait to deter Iran amid a buildup of troops, ships and aircraft in the region.

US Navy Cmdr. Timothy Hawkins, a front man for the Mideast-based 5th Fleet, acknowledged the warning had been given, but declined to discuss specifics about it.
Posted by Fred 2023-08-14 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top
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#1 Five Iranian-Americans who were so stupid as to return to Iran should be left to rot there.
Posted by Jerens Black9355 2023-08-14 10:03||   2023-08-14 10:03|| Front Page Top

#2 How do you explain the mounting tensions and yet releasing five billion dollars?
Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-08-14 14:09||   2023-08-14 14:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The default "progressive" solution to everything is "throw money."
Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-14 14:15||   2023-08-14 14:15|| Front Page Top

#4 We intermittently reward their bad behavior during Dem Administrations.
Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-14 14:38||   2023-08-14 14:38|| Front Page Top

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