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Iran Takes Tanker
Iran navy says it seized oil tanker off Oman The state-run IRNA news agency published a story acknowledging the seizure of an oil tanker by Iran’s navy. Iran has seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil by the United […]
Wesley Clark Questions Iran Policy
He said ‘escalate’ After his NATO Supreme Allied Commander gig Clark went full hard left into politics with a couple unsuccessful runs at the White House in 2004 and 2008, then backing Dem luminaries John Kerry, Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama respectively. Clark stated that he decided he was a Democrat because “I was pro-affirmative […]
Iranian destroyer to Red Sea. Y’all play nice, now.
Al-Jazeera reports that Iran has dispatched a destroyer, to the Red Sea in response to “heightened tensions” in the area. “The Alborz destroyer entered the Red Sea … by passing through the Bab al-Mandeb” waterway at the southern tip of the Red Sea, connecting with the Gulf of Aden in the Indian Ocean, the […]
The U.S. Military retaliates against Iran back militias in Iraq
An Iran-affiliated terror group launched a drone attack on a military base in Iraq. The attack wounded three U.S. military personnel; one of them is in critical condition. The retaliatory attacks were against targets inside Iraq, resulting in the Iraq side’s criticizing the U.S. action. Three sites were attacked, the Iraqis claimed that one militant […]
Iran’s pissed. Again. I’m shocked.
Seems an Iranian military advisor to Hezbollah in Syria had the misfortune to be where the Israelis were conducting an airstrike. Iranian state media reported that IRGC adviser Sayyed Razi Mousavi was killed in an airstrike near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday. The death of Mousavi, who was reportedly the chief coordinator of the […]
Red Sea updates
Leading off, seems that 9 nation task force patrolling the Red Sea against errant missiles, pirates etc. is a bit larger than was originally reported. So far, 19 nations have signed onto what has been dubbed Operation Prosperity Guardian (OPG), instead of the initial nine that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin introduced on Monday, Lara Seligman […]
Iran Refinery Fire
Iran’s Birjand Refinery in Flames Oil Refinery Goes Up In Flames Inside Iran By Ryan Saavedra An oil refinery inside Iran went up in flames over the weekend, triggering several massive explosions. The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency, or IRNA, said that all 18 reservoirs at the refinery in eastern Iran’s Birjand special economic zone […]
Iran Takes Tankers in Gulf
Iran Seizes 2 Oil Tankers in Persian Gulf By Michael Katz Iran reportedly seized two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, claiming the vessels were smuggling fuel. Ali Ozmaee, commander of the Fifth Naval Region of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), told the IRGC-affiliated Tasnim News Agency one of the tankers carried […]
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