It's been revealed that for the first time the US has successfully confiscated Iranian fuel cargo on the high seas that were deemed in violation of sweeping US-led sanctions on Iran's energy sector.
Recall that in late May Iran delivered five tankers laden with fuel to Venezuela at a moment the US was threatening military blockade in the Caribbean. Maduro sent military jets and warships to escort the Iranian tankers, which both countries hailed as a rare, victorious act of defiance against Washington's plans.
Later in July, when Iran again sent tankers for a second round of deliveries, which the two countries earlier announced would be 'routine', US federal prosecutors filed a lawsuit for the seizure of over 1.1 million barrels of gasoline on the four vessels. A judge issued a warrant for the seizure, but it remained unclear whether this could or would be carried out if the tankers never enter US territorial waters.
The efforts apparently met with success, as The Wall Street Journal reports, "One official said the vessels had been taken over without the use of military force but didn’t provide any details."
No doubt it was done either in international waters or in the territory of an ally friendly to the US maximum pressure campaign seeking to choke Tehran. The vessels - the Luna, Panid, Bering, and Bella - are now in US custody, said by the WSJ to be en route to Houston.
"Senior administration officials are expected to meet the tankers in the coming days at an event scheduled to mark the docking, the officials said," according to the report.
This sends a message to allies and other countries that the US will be going after Iranian fuel tankers, pressuring them to comply with the sanctions regimen or face possible intervention on the high seas.
#1: Horse To: All (#0)
Horse posted on 2020-08-14 15:39:29 Reply Private Reply
#2: Cynicom To: Horse (#1)
Not stupid at all.
Trump is not Jimmy Carter.
Cynicom posted on 2020-08-14 16:09:41 Reply Private Reply
#3: hondo68 To: Horse (#0)
Hillary could have done that too.
hondo68 posted on 2020-08-14 17:49:02 Reply Private Reply
#4: Horse To: Cynicom (#2)
Horse posted on 2020-08-14 18:10:50 Reply Private Reply
#5: Esso To: Horse, 4um (#4)
That would be the last mistake they ever make.
Esso posted on 2020-08-14 18:13:53 Reply Private Reply
#6: Cynicom To: Horse (#4)
"What" is called war.
Little Japan and Germany took thousands of prisoners. They paid an awful price.
Cynicom posted on 2020-08-14 19:15:55 Reply Private Reply
#7: Horse To: Cynicom (#6)
Germany was defeated by Russia not the US. If Russia did not exist, the US would have lost WW II.
Horse posted on 2020-08-14 19:47:56 Reply Private Reply
#8: Ada To: Horse (#1)
Ada posted on 2020-08-14 20:02:05 Reply Private Reply
#9: Esso To: Horse, X-15, 4um, Cynicom (#7)
There's no mach 14 missiles. There's no earthbound materials that wouldn't melt at those speeds in the atmosphere, even with the lowest theoretical coefficient of drag (See X-15 program).
Your ideas about WWII are getting more and more bizarre, along with your theories about the dollar.
You know that I care about you. Take a step back, my friend. If there's something you need, contact me on the back channels. We need you.
Esso posted on 2020-08-14 20:02:41 Reply Private Reply
#10: Esso To: Ada, 4um (#8)
I think it's called an embargo or something.
Ada, your posts have a definite anti-America/Trump cant to them. It's very subtle. They won't work here, except for some really weak minded.
Maybe you could add something into "poster comments" when you post an article so we could understand your thinking.
Maybe your subtle points are sailing over our heads. America still seems to be the best choice, for now.
Esso posted on 2020-08-14 20:16:17 Reply Private Reply
#11: Horse To: Esso (#9)
Horse posted on 2020-08-14 20:20:28 Reply Private Reply
#12: Cynicom To: Horse (#7)
That defies all history ever written, except that of Communist Russia.
Such an assertion is beyond sane comprehension.
Cynicom posted on 2020-08-14 20:26:34 Reply Private Reply
#13: hondo68 To: Ada (#8)
Thank you for being a Great American Patriot. The ZOG trumpkins hate that, it drives them crazy.
Good work.
hondo68 posted on 2020-08-14 20:47:58 Reply Private Reply
#14: Cynicom To: hondo68 (#13)
The word """YOU""" is singular in intent.
Cynicom posted on 2020-08-14 21:22:42 Reply Private Reply
#15: hondo68 To: Cynicom, Ada, Horse, Fred Mertz (#14)
There's virtually no difference between the President Donnell Trump administration & the Barbary Pirates.
hondo68 posted on 2020-08-14 21:38:17 Reply Private Reply
#16: Cynicom To: hondo68 (#15)
History says the piratets did it for swag????
Cynicom posted on 2020-08-14 21:42:06 Reply Private Reply
#17: Ada To: Esso (#10)
Ada posted on 2020-08-14 22:38:29 Reply Private Reply
#18: Esso To: Ada (#17)
Esso posted on 2020-08-14 23:16:27 Reply Private Reply
#19: BTP Holdings To: Horse (#0)
The Venezuelan economy has been in the toilet lately. But why they need Iran to ship them fuel is beyond me. I would imagine they have refineries there. Are they in working order or has the economic downturn there sunk the refineries also?
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-08-14 23:34:12 Reply Private Reply
#20: Horse To: Esso (#18)
Horse posted on 2020-08-15 00:39:59 Reply Private Reply
#21: Cynicom To: BTP Holdings (#19)
Now we have posters here crying their eyes out over Trump???
Odds some posters here will orgasm voting for Biden?
Cynicom posted on 2020-08-15 00:42:26 Reply Private Reply
#22: Horse To: hondo68 (#15)
I came across this short video in which Kamala Harris is accused of covering up cases of child sexual abuse of young boys by 40 priests in return for campaign contributions from friends of the Catholic church.
https://vidrebel.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/kamala-harris-an-annotated-guide/
Horse posted on 2020-08-15 01:24:50 Reply Private Reply
#23: BTP Holdings To: Cynicom (#21)
There is a long history of Iran getting back part of its frozen assets after Americans are released. As part of an agreement that led to the 52 remaining embassy hostages being freed in 1981, Iran received $3 billion of its $12 billion in frozen assets.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national- security/was-the-400-million-in-cash-paid-after-the-iran-prisoner- deal-really-ransom/2016/08/03/569f855e-59a8-11e6-9aee- 8075993d73a2_story.html#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20long%20history%20of %20Iran%20getting,billion%20of%20its%20%2412%20billion%20in%20frozen %20assets.
BTP Holdings posted on 2020-08-15 08:14:59 Reply Private Reply
#24: Ada To: Esso (#18)
Which foreign country?
I'm not offended. This is a political forum and disagreements are to be expected.
Ada posted on 2020-08-15 09:10:15 Reply Private Reply