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US Official: Iranian ships moving away from Yemen
2015-04-24
[Ynet] Iranian ships are moving northeast away from Yemen, a US official said on Thursday after a convoy of Iranian cargo ships prompted US concerns that Tehran was sending weapons into region.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
, called the move a "promising sign" but said the United States would continue to monitor to see if the ship's course continued.

President Barack Obama
If you have a small business, you didn't build that...
said on Tuesday the US government had warned Iran not to send weapons to Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of. Except for a tiny handfull of Jews everthing there is very Islamic...
that could be used to threaten shipping traffic in the Gulf.
Posted by:trailing wife

#4  The USS "T.R." CVN is now repor also ordered away from Yemen, so it is likely that all sides desire to give diplomacy a chance.

* RELATED TOPIX > US PENTAGON CITES DE-ESCALATION OF TENSIONS OVER IRANIAN SHIPS IN GULF OF ADEN.

* SAME > [WaPo] CONFRONTATION AVOIDED? IRANIAN AND US SHIPS BOTH TURN AWAY FROM YEMEN.

OTOH the Houthis are refusing to [temporarily?]withdraw from captured territories as per peace talks unless the Saudi airstrikes end first.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-04-24 20:52  

#3  Maybe part of a secret deal between Iran and Saudi, which both sides will likely break at the earliest opportunity.
Posted by: phil_b   2015-04-24 01:51  

#2  Did Iran cyberhack Turkey's nationwide power grids, plunging 1/2 of Turkey into darkness???

* WAFF > [Observer.com] IRAN FLEXES ITS MUSCLES BY [electrically]TRANSPORTING TURKEY BACK TO THE STONE AGE.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-04-24 01:21  

#1  Not clear yet iff Iran's alleged arms supply convoy is indeed headed home, or more likely are waiting for Saudi-Iran or International diplomacy to work???
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-04-24 00:45  

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