NEW - Iran Seizes Second Oil Tanker In A Week — US Navy

Twitter ^ | 05/03/23 | U.S. Navy

[Enlightened1]

NEW - Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week — US Navy

(Navy Video Of It In Link Below)

https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1653709518247698437

[Enlightened1]

NEW - Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week — US Navy

 

On May 3 at approximately 6:20 a.m. local time, Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. See video & link to statement below

(Video Of It In Link Below)

https://twitter.com/US5thFleet/status/1653683480235057152

[rktman]

More here:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4150404/posts

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[MplsSteve]

I have to admit that I’m no expert on maritime law or rules of engagement.

But why is it these ships are not equipped with the means to repel an unauthorized seizure of their ship?

[Carriage Hill]

Look for pump prices to rise...

[adorno]

Weakness invites aggression.

Iran is saying, “I dare you to stop me!”.

Nobody will.

[ConservativeInPA]

Push, push, nudge, nudge. Zero respect. Thanks Brandon. The Norks will be next. They can't be left out of the fun.

Biden better get more trans for the Navy soon!

[Brian Griffin]

“why is it these ships are not equipped with the means to repel an unauthorized seizure of their ship?”

1. Oil tankers burn magnificently.
2. The owner is sure to get it back or its cash value as it is actually owned by well-connected folks.

[jpp113]

Where are our SEALS? Busy with pronoun training?

[drypowder]

Anyone here know the latest on the US submarine that Iran reportedly forced to surface? This was reported a couple of weeks ago and about a week after the report of the US was sending a nuclear missile equipped sub to the Middle East.

[NavyShoe]

Where are our Navy war vessels?

[Leaning Right]

Most of these ships fly flags of convenience, just to avoid US laws and regulations. The ship in question here was officially a Panamanian ship.

I get how important freedom of the seas is. But I’m tempted to tell this ship’s owner to call on the Panamanian navy for protection.

[SMARTY]

In dry dock, being renovated to install hair salons

[DownInFlames]

Piracy on the high seas. President Jefferson and Regan had the answer, sink em.

[Parley Baer]

Iran stopped doing this when Trump became President.

[hanamizu]

I too am no expert on maritime law, but if the ship was seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) it was seized by ships of Iran’s military, not by pirates. I don’t think civilian ships are allowed to resist a nation’s navy.

Ships flying a Panamanian flag are not our monkeys, but Panama’s.

[Karl Spooner]

You always have to look for what the innocent US provocateurs have done to spark these kind of events that are not well publicized.

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[JohnBovenmyer]

Calling Speaker McCarthy:

Article I, §8 The Congress shall have power:

• To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations;
• To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water

I don't think we need a declaration of war here, but constitutionally we have more options than letting 'resident Biden's hapless branch run everything here.

[Shady]

And we will never get the truth... Maybe the Iranians already have a bomb, and now the means to deliver it...