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2015-04-28 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran Diverts Marshall Islands Cargo Ship In Strait Of Hormuz

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Posted by gorb 2015-04-28 13:46|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 News wire says they've sent it on it's way.

Posted by ed in texas 2015-04-28 14:00|| 2015-04-28 14:00|| Front Page Top

#2 Exploratory aggression is standard MO for the Iranians.

They tested the Iraq coalition in 2004 and 2007.

The Iranians didn't pay a price and thus correctly concluded that asymmetrical warfare on the coalition would be risk free and ultimately lead them to a triumphal success.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-04-28 14:26|| 2015-04-28 14:26|| Front Page Top

#3 Fear not.

President Obama has dispatched the USS Redline to intercede on behalf of the vessel.

Posted by Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-04-28 14:45|| 2015-04-28 14:45|| Front Page Top

#4 President Obama has dispatched the USS Redline to intercede on behalf of the vessel.

Is that the one armed with the dreaded #hashtag missiles?

Sigh.... we have become such a joke.... its not funny.

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-04-28 15:07|| 2015-04-28 15:07|| Front Page Top

#5 This looks like a Saudi plan to cause an incident with a Saudi owned ship that strays out of the shipping channel.

Posted by rammer 2015-04-28 16:59|| 2015-04-28 16:59|| Front Page Top

#6 ...This was the warning. The next one seized and boarded will be a supertanker.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2015-04-28 17:55|| 2015-04-28 17:55|| Front Page Top

#7 The Iranians keep pushing and pushing, then back off. Psyops. O is going to have a harder and harder time pushing his nuke ~~agreement framework understanding appeasement document~~ whatever with Congress ~~regardless how whimpy they are now~~ when Iran keeps causing mischief and upping the ante.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-04-28 20:00|| 2015-04-28 20:00|| Front Page Top

#8 Marinetrafic.com is reporting the Tigris is still at anchor in Iranian waters as of 15 mins ago.

Has it been released or not?

Posted by Hupesh Ebbusomp5266 2015-04-28 21:31|| 2015-04-28 21:31|| Front Page Top

#9 The Devil is in the Details = PCorrect-Deniable LEGALISMS.

There seems to be a divergence on the MSM-Net as to whether a Marshall Islands-flagged commercial vessel is the "equivalent" of a US-flagged commercial vessel per se, + iff the MAERSK TIGRIS was actually "boarded" by Iranian security forces, as opposed to being fired upon but only ordered by same to move to an Iranian port under armed naval escort???

The owners of the MAERSK TIGRIS are repor in alleged $$$ = debt-related cahoots wid Iran entities, at least as Tehran is claiming.

* "MARSHALL ISLANDS-FLAGGED" > D *** NG, YOU KNEW CHINA-DESIRED CHUUK LAGOON, FKA EX-WW2 TRUK LAGOON IJN MILBASE, WAS INVOLVED SOMEHOW.

Sniff, sniff, IS THERE NO LOVE IN THE KSA-VS-IRAN YEMEN CRISIS FOR ULITHI LAGOON???

Lest we fergit, DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [Want China Times] PLA'S DF-21D ANTI-SHIP MISSLE CAN REACH THE PHILIPPINES: REPORT.

Imagine iff these Chinese DF-21D's + OtherPLA MilAssets-Forces were based in a possible post-FSM, Compact future independent CHUUK STATE???

FYI again this incident wid the MAERSK TIGRIS isn't the first time Iran engaged in maritime shennanigans wid a foreign commercial ship ...

* FYI CNN AM [old] > VIDEO: US-FLAGGED SHIP
"INTERCEPTED" BY [4-vessel]IRANIAN PATROL.

MAERSK KENSINGTON.

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More this AM as per the MAERSK TIGRIS...

* BLOOMBERG > IRAN BOARDS CARGO SHIP INSIDE OWN WATERS, US PENTAGON SAYS.

* SAME > PENTAGON: SHIP SEIZED BY IRAN NOT US-FLAGGED, NO US SHIP SEIZED BY IRAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-28 21:51|| 2015-04-28 21:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Iran threatens Kwajalein wid ship seizure - who knew???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-04-28 21:53|| 2015-04-28 21:53|| Front Page Top

#11 I seem to remember many happy days spent in the Persian Gulf/Indian Ocean launching aircraft to escort tankers through the Straits. Iranians left those ships alone, but then they understood what a real redline meant.....

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