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2024-09-04 Arabia

Rescue mission underway for oil ship off Yemen: CENTCOM …Never Mind - salvagers abandon attempt

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Posted by Fred 2024-09-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top
File under: Houthis

#1 Like I said about tug crews in a shooting zone: Nope.

Posted by ed in texas 2024-09-04 08:50|| 2024-09-04 08:50|| Front Page Top

#2 rescue attempt is ‘not safe to proceed’

Kinda makes me wonder what was in the hold.

while carrying 150,000 metric tons of crude oil.

Unless somebody has an invoice, that's just the vessel capacity.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-04 17:35|| 2024-09-04 17:35|| Front Page Top

#3 after being attacked by Houthi rebels

If Iran WAS shipping in a 'heavy' payload, and the optimal Plan B was a sinking, who better to blame? Anybody...who in the first world would shell a nuke?

Plan A would of course have been to capture and expose the vessel and it's contents, but 'sources would be compromised'.

I'll bet this would have been a payoff worthy of a Mossad banker traveling to Turkey.

It would seem that Turkey and Iran have different agendas for the region. Possibly a 'timing issue' due to the demise of Obama's token spokesman.

Posted by Skidmark 2024-09-04 17:50|| 2024-09-04 17:50|| Front Page Top

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