Two oil tankers struck in suspected attacks in Gulf of Oman

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  1. drluggit

    drluggit Well-Known Member

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    I read the story yesterday. I've been waiting to see who and what will respond to the attacks. It seems hard to believe that anyone but Iran might be behind this, but clearly, Iran has some financial motivation for trying to fill their coffers with higher priced oil.
     
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    Hmm, Iran clearly don't have under water divers but prefer to use a large motor powered boat to sneak up to the ship and they made sure they were being filmed while doing it. Only the gullible will believe that footage.

    It reminds me of the joke fake video released by the IDF when attacking the Mavi Marmara reminiscent of a 1920's Buster Keaton film
     
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    Only the gullible believe that
     
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    Yawn...
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    AIPAC was founded in 1963 according the Wikipedia. That is 4 years before 1967.

    Your claim is inaccurate.
     
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    Badaboom Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    So? You think that relation was normalized the day AIPAC was launched?
    It wasn't until the mid 70's that the US started to be on Israel side.
     
  7. Eleuthera

    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Who benefits? In this case, those who constantly demonize Iran.
     
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    That is not a persuasive response, at all.

    Today AIPAC controls many aspects of the federal government, including Congress and POTUS. Every summer Congress sends missions to Israel.
     
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    Eleuthera Well-Known Member Donor

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    Only in government propaganda and your tormented mind was it debunked.
     
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  10. Aleksander Ulyanov

    Aleksander Ulyanov Well-Known Member

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    Talk about believing in unicorns:roflol::roflol:
     
  11. Aleksander Ulyanov

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    Yes, we could. It would take 20 years or more, cost several trilliion dollars, almost certainly involve nukes at one point or another , maybe destroy the world consequently and make us a pariah nation worse than the Nazis, but yeh, we could beat them. all so Trump can call off the election
     
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    Tehran suspects the CIA and Mossad as being behind the recent destabilization in the Persian and Oman gulfs. I guess I wasn't alone when I mentioned Israel. They also said the KSA,UAE, and Bahrain are stupidly fanning the flames of violence in the region.

    Looks like Washington is beating the war drums - again.




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    Hee, hee, that's what they think.
     
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    Mossad killed the top Iranian scientists one by one. Not an easy task.
     
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    Get real...
    Every *******n country on earth has lobbyist in Washington, why target Israel only... Don't answer we all know why.
     
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    Says the number 1 poster in the conspiracy section of this forum.
     
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    That just shows you how much support they know they have from the US (and quietly from the UK no doubt) They believe they can do anything, and that has got a lot stronger since Trump came in due to his need to answer to the Christian Zionists.

    It is far more usual when it is strongly believed to be Israel for her to refuse to say whether it was or not. When Israel is doing sneaky things particularly in Palestine, they try very hard not to let them out. It is being a traitor to report them. Due to this the Israelis at present only have a semi free press. The US will soon be with them and then you will be on a race to the bottom. :)

    I am telling you I have never heard any country do as much bare faced lies about what it gets up to. One, I saw the genuine first response from the MM before they removed it and replaced it with a false one pretending antisemitism to justify killing people on board. Another, a Palestinian boy was shot in the head with a rubber bullet. xrays showed it. He had to have a large section off his skull removed. The Israeli army claimed he fell off his bike and kidnapped him in the middle of the night terrifying him till he would 'admit' he just fell off his bike. The hospital and xrays said different. I will say again I do not know any country which tells so many bare face lies despite all the evidence.

    What about the Liberty which has been mentioned in this thread. How about the 3 dancing Israelis?
     
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    How many war has Trump declared?
     
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    Oh well, if you know more than the Japanese owner of the ship ---

    Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo, told reporters on Friday that sailors on board the ill-fated oil tanker observed “flying objects” just before the incident in which the ship caught fire and was badly damaged. The giant vessel was hit twice, first near the engine room and then on its starboard side.

    He suggested that those flying objects could have been bullets, and called reports of striking a mine “false.” Both points at which the ship was damaged were above her waterline, which couldn’t be so if it had struck an underwater mine.

    By the way, the crew is alive and well and sitting in an Iranian port - and also thanking the Iranians for saving them, and for their hospitality.
     
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    Actually, doing this makes NO sense for ANYONE

    What more proof do you need that Trump is behind it?
     
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    It makes sense to those who want the US to attack Iran - like Netanyahu for instance.
     
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    American Presidents don't declare war. He's only been there barely 2 years and he's threatened war with North Korea less than a year in. Fer Crissakes he stole the election using the KGB, do you really think he'll quail at a war if he thinks it will help him?
     
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    Looking at this picture and the subsequent rescue of the crew gives me another idea. Assuming this to be real. (debatable, but for the sake of argument) it shows the Iranians doing exactly what you would expect if this was a mine they put in some time ago which has just come loose now. Naturally enough they're not going to admit to this, though I'm beginning to think they should. (though it might not do any good anyway)
     
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    So, none then... He's got a better record than Obama on that front.
    And explain in detail how $10k worth of adds bought on Facebook has stollen the election...
     
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    The video shows the limpet mine was attached above the waterline, so the intention was to damage, not sink, the ships. Iran has used limpet mines before during the 1987-1988 "Tanker War" and
    lied about it then too. I think the video, while not perfect, is pretty convincing. Of course, to those who blame the US for everything, no amount of evidence would ever convince them. Perhaps now
    that they have been caught planting the mines the Iranians will stop it. We all hope there will be no war.
     
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    Looks like the Japs had better buy that oil from somewhere else besides Iran...
     

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