Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

British oil tankers seized by Iran
The Daily Telegraph ^

Posted on 07/19/2019 1:05:57 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan

A British-flagged oil tanker was seized by Iran on Friday night and was heading towards a Revolutionary Guard base, in a major escalation of tensions along one of the world's most vital oil shipping routes.

The Stena Impero had been en route to Saudi Arabia but made an abrupt change of course and began moving towards the Iranian island of Qeshm, according to data relayed by maritime tracking services.

The ship “went dark”, meaning its identification system was turned off, at 16:29 UK time and nothing has been heard from her or her 23 crew since.

Northern Marine, a Clyde-based subsidiary of the ship's Swedish owner Stena AB, confirmed that a “hostile action” had preceded the vessel's change of course on Friday afternoon.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: britain; iran; maritimesecurity; northernmarine; oiltankers; postedseveraltimes; qeshm; seized; seizure; sidebarabuse; stenaab; stenaimpero; sweden
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 181-182 next last
To: Leaning Right

Not going to happen. This is hardly the first time a NATO member has had its assets attacked, hell, in 1982 the Argentinians invaded the Falklands and the response from one fellow NATO nation (Belgium) was to stop sales of 7.62 ammunition for our standard issue SLR combat rifles.

That mutual aid defence cause has only ever been invoked once, after 9-11 by the United States, but that was after thousands of US citizens had been murdered by Afghan-based terrorists on US soil. Britain isn’t going to invoke this clause for the sake of a few tankers being seized.


61 posted on 07/19/2019 2:32:06 PM PDT by sinsofsolarempirefan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]

To: Spktyr

Sounds sporting.


62 posted on 07/19/2019 2:33:54 PM PDT by Oil Object Insp
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 53 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

I am already hearing the same old argument that if Trump goes to war it is all about oil.

WRONG!

Reality is, if Iran is successful in shutting down the Strait of Hormuz, America gets richer, because everyone will be forced to buy our oil. So using that tired old argument is dead. If we do nothing we get richer, because the world would have to come to us.

Especially since one of the largest producers of oil is Venezuela, and their Socialist government has collapsed and cannot get their own oil out of the ground. As usual Socialism breeds poverty and destruction.

So If Trump does nothing, we get richer. Sorry Charlie, but that old argument is baseless.

Time for the leftists to get educated.

It is not about their oil.

Still winning, and not tired of it.


63 posted on 07/19/2019 2:34:31 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: elbook

>>British Navy is on the Way ...<<

Is it?


64 posted on 07/19/2019 2:34:32 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 57 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

SAS and SEALS together again.


65 posted on 07/19/2019 2:35:34 PM PDT by Hulka
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

SAS and SEALS, low profile boarding. Kill all non- crewmen. Fire up the ship and just steam away and have the RN and US Navy standing by.

Not “all out war.”


66 posted on 07/19/2019 2:38:08 PM PDT by Hulka
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

> Britain isn’t going to invoke this clause for the sake of a few tankers being seized. <

Oh, I agree with you. My post #59 was just a hypothetical. And if Britain did consider invoking the clause, I’m sure the rest of NATO would firmly talk them out of it.


67 posted on 07/19/2019 2:38:26 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 61 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Let Britain deal with their own problems.


68 posted on 07/19/2019 2:41:08 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Alberta's Child

Not fair by any measure.
Seized Iranian tanker was breaking sanctions and subject to action.
Brit ship was engaged in legitimate business


69 posted on 07/19/2019 2:41:22 PM PDT by Hulka
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: bkopto

Precisely. The UK should be in America’s bad books.


70 posted on 07/19/2019 2:41:37 PM PDT by Sam Gamgee
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: ichabod1

Fire up Operation Earnest Will. US escorted tankers.


71 posted on 07/19/2019 2:42:08 PM PDT by Hulka
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: 100American

Small units (SAS AND SEALS) do the work.
And we have a target list pre-planned for tomahawk strikes.


72 posted on 07/19/2019 2:43:56 PM PDT by Hulka
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: Diana in Wisconsin

“....Have they ruled out Somali Pirates?....”
Yeah. Couldn’t be them....they all moved to Minnesota. One em got elected and is now a full blown rootin, tootin, RAT CongressCritter doing what RATs do best.


73 posted on 07/19/2019 2:44:26 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (It's easy to be liberal when you're dumber than a box of rocks.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: ScottfromNJ

Need to re-flag tankers as UU tanker. Just like we did during Kuwaiti tanker escort. (Operation Earnest Will).


74 posted on 07/19/2019 2:46:02 PM PDT by Hulka
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 47 | View Replies]

To: grumpygresh

Oil prices are not changing, because we are self sufficient in oil for the first time in years.

Jefferson was tired of the piracy in the Middle East from the Barbary Coast pirates. He moved by removing the problem. For 200 years they were silent.

It wasn’t until the West became weak that the problem began again in the Middle East. Mainly because the left hurt our ability to be self sufficient in oil.

Its is time to do the same thing by putting the fear of God in them.

We are self sufficient in oil for the first time in years, so we do not need to keep making them rich. Time to make a statement like Jefferson did.

I guarantee you they will back off, because the only thing they fear is strength.


75 posted on 07/19/2019 2:48:28 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 52 | View Replies]

To: JonPreston

Yeah that doesn’t fly anymore.

I said that for months now and even denied that it was Iran doing some of the things everyone was saying they did.

Kind of like a Germany pre WWII thingy going on again.

Except the enemy doesn’t have the vaunted military Germany had.

Nit it in the bud.

Go Gotti on them with air and sea power.


76 posted on 07/19/2019 2:51:37 PM PDT by dp0622 (Bad, bad company Till the day I die.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: Logical me

You forgot that the Brit’s seized an Iranian tanker at Gibraltar strait a week ago for sanction violations. This is the payback.


77 posted on 07/19/2019 2:53:46 PM PDT by KC Burke (If all the world is a stage, I would like to request my lighting be adjusted.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 44 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Maggie Thatcher would kick their asses like
Falklands.

Now, with so many muzzies, effective action
is unlikely.


78 posted on 07/19/2019 2:56:45 PM PDT by Joe Bfstplk (No real problem has a solution.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Leaning Right

Let them handle it first rather than use it as an excuse to go to War with Iran and kill many innocents.

I do a lot of work with Veterans and let me tell you they are not itching to go into Iran over this


79 posted on 07/19/2019 2:57:17 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]

To: sinsofsolarempirefan

Liberian flagged tanker Medsar is underway moving away from Iran.


80 posted on 07/19/2019 3:02:29 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 181-182 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson