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I am looking at pics of an Iranian boat with way too many people...wearing orange life jackets...removing a suspicious object from the side of the tanker 6 feet above the water....in broad daylight.....After the ship sent out distress calls.. after been vandalized. Am I wrong?
Yutaka Katada, operator of the Kokaku Courageous says his crew reported in real time, calls BS on U.S. version of events. Japan and Norway do not believe the U.S. version either. Worse the U.S. has no involvement in these ships, operators or cargo nbcnews.com/video/kokuka-c…
The official USG version adds "unexploded limpet mine removed" then whoops...a timeline that shows the U.S. only rendered assistance at 11:05am, hours after the actual event at 6:12am...and the video of the small boat was shot at 4:10pm that afternoon. dvidshub.net/video/689676/u…
The logic of Iranians (who provide security in that region and would file a report) coming out 14 miles to look at tanker damage ten hours after the event does not seem to impress the expert U.S. media however. They want "caught in the act!" and "limpet mines" dammit!
The little Iranian speed boats that America "fears" are actually based on long distance speed record holder (63 mph) Bradstone Challenger, Bladerunner 51 a British design purchased by Iran in 2006 via South Africa via Hong Kong and then seizes by UK SBS. telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
The only successful terrorist attack against a U.S. warship was carried out by a slow cheap Zodiac while the U.S.S. Cole was refueling. Trivia: The contract to train for countermeasures among crew who had no active response rescued the small shooting range biz called Blackwater.
And finally a reminder that the Iranians have no problem seizing American and British navy ships and personnel. If they were looking for a fight...they know how to start one. news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/648949…
Here is a copy of a two page Navy report news.usni.org/2019/06/17/ana…
The open source 2015 trade show reference to an Iranian Mine . This triangular mine is 42kgs or 92 lbs and the attach point is only 3 inches wide. Note the bolt baseplate and two handles. farsnews.com/news/139407110…رصد-آنلاین-خلیج-فارس-از-اتوبان-شهید-خرازی-تهران-نمایش-موشک-جنجالی
This type of mine would be easy to move and mount under water but incredible heavy above water. Here is the Spanish SAES MILA-6C with orange training model. Note these mines have an "anti removal" Wiley Coyote feature and are underwater only. electronica-submarina.es/wp-content/upl…
So again we must ask. Why mount underwater mines above the waterline on double hulled ships where they would only serve as theatrics for visual propaganda (right) as in Fujairah vs let's say a real attack like the U.S.S. Cole (left)
The idea that Iran was preparing for war with the US has been injected into military manuals since the EFP in Iraq. "May 2014, IRGC Navy Forces Commander Brig. Gen. Ali Fadavi described targeted Iranian preparations to sink U.S. aircraft carriers:" jcpa.org/killing-americ…
and the scam continues. "Pompeo made in a May 21 classified briefing for members of Congress that suggested that the Authorization for Use of Military Force, or AUMF, passed by Congress three days after 9/11 could provide a legal basis for a war with Iran."theintercept.com/2019/06/14/mik…
Remember Pompeo is saying this almost a month before the recent tanker incident while his counterpart (now gone) is saying everything is cool cuz we sent boats 'n stuff. theguardian.com/world/2019/may…
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