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The United States Navy on January 12 confirmed that an Israel-affiliated tanker was recently attacked off the shores of India and Sri Lanka.
The chemical tanker Pacific Gold was struck on January 4 by what the Navy called “an Iranian one-way attack” drone, causing some damage to the vessel but no injuries.
“Iran’s actions are contrary to international law and threaten maritime security and stability,” said Vice Admiral Brad Cooper, the head of the Navy’s Mideast-based 5th Fleet.
The Pacific Gold is managed by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping, a company that is ultimately controlled by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer.
A private security official previously acknowledged to the AP that the tanker was attacked. However, Al Mayadeen TV, which is close to the Iran-led Axis of Resistance, was the first to report the attack.
At the time, the Lebanon-based news channel said that a second tanker, the Liberia-flagged Chem Silicon, was attacked to the northwest of the Maldives. The tanker is managed by the Dutch Ace Tankers, which is also controlled by Idan Ofer. The reported attack on the tanker is yet to be confirmed however.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps may have attacked the Pacific Gold in response to the recent killing of its senior commander, Brigade General Razi Mousavi, in Syria. Tehran had held Israel responsible for the assassination and vowed to respond.
The U.S. accused Iran of targeting several commercial vessels in the Indian ocean since the outbreak of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which heightened tensions in the Middle East. In addition, Iran seized a tanker in the Gulf of Oman earlier this week in response to what it called “oil theft” by the U.S. last year.
the west bravely attacks yemeni sandel wearers from a million miles away, just like the isrealis murder the trainer wearers of gazza. same story, yet when faced with an equal opponent, russia, they prove to be dickless wonders.
in what parallel universe west and russia ever truely faced each other militarily?
wtf is civilian cargo ships… it is just fuking zionist cargo ships. the us, uk, canada, australia, qatar, nazi germany, netherlands, and bahrain came running to protecting zionist cargo ships….
i’m sorry but where were these cunts when zionists were/are killing un workers and bombing hospitals, schools, and religion sites again?
it took them a few weeks to attack yemen for standing up against zionists tho. but they never stand against zionist genocide for 75 years.
could have named the article “game of battleship peace or game of battleship pieces?”
no payday…
i just love it, iran is going against international law, what is the us doing when they grab a iranian ship. the us doesn’t have the un approval, they are going against international law!
houtis are 4rd world assclowns. the idiots even attack an oiltanker caring russian oil. wonder if they ever considered what an sunk/ damaged oil tanker will cause to their own waters/ fishing grounds. guess they are as death cult like their mullah masters in teheran.
i don’t think the us is in any position to lecture any country about international law, least of all iran, or did they forget they assassinated gen soleimani in iraq?
what about him? a terrorist / inoffiziell combatant fighting in multiple undeclared wars, getting his due. u life by the sword,you die by the sword. lesson to be learned, dont fuck with the usa !
screw israeli linked cargo ships
what are u babbeling about? there just as many israeli cargo ships as there are 🇮🇱 olympia gold 🥇 medialists. houtis are assclowns, nothing else than teheran mullah financed sea terrorists, even attack tankers caring russian oil