Bobby. wrote on Jun 15
th, 2019 at 11:14am:
It's a worry:
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/14/politics/us-drone-tracked-iranian-boats/index...Trump says Iran 'did do it'
The United Kingdom released a statement Friday saying it is "almost certain" that a branch of the Iranian military -- the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) -- attacked two tankers.
The IRGC is an elite wing of the Iranian military that was established in the aftermath of the country's revolution in 1979. In April 2019, the US officially designated it as a foreign terrorist organization, a move which was rejected by authorities in Tehran.
No other state or non-state actor "could plausibly have been responsible," the statement added.
But Iran does not appear to be backing off and continues to engage in provocative behavior, according to a US official who told CNN on Friday that Iranian small boats are preventing tug boats from towing away one of the damaged tankers.
President Donald Trump seems convinced that Tehran was responsible.
With Iran, sometimes the logical explanation is the correct one
"Iran did do it and you know they did it because you saw the boat," he said,
appearing to refer to the images and video released by the Pentagon late Thursday.In the video, a smaller boat is shown coming up to the side of the Japanese-owned tanker. An individual stands up on the bow of the boat and can be seen removing an object from the tanker's hull. The US says that object is likely an unexploded mine.
A senior diplomatic source of a US ally told CNN Friday, "It is a virtual certainty Iran was behind this latest attack. The video now nails it."
The source added that the goal of the response from the US government thus far is all about publicly exposing Iranian actions and intensifying maximum pressure.
Last time I looked a ship mine was as big as a car and floated just under the surface of the water.
How did this mine that can be removed by one man become attached to the hull of the tanker.
Can something that fits in mans hand really put a hole in the tankers hull.....???
The American government and all those agencies it has commissioned are the real cancer on this Earth, if we have WW3 they are the f@rkers that will be responsible.
And in a way we're all guilty, why don't people stand up and say PROVE IT MOTHERF@RKER....???
Then and only then can any action be taken.
Funny the Iranians rescued the crew who went over board.