The crew is probably reporting what they saw to the owner of the tanker. The idea that Trump can determine what occurred with the tankers thousands of miles away while sitting in the Oval Office is ridiculous. The forensics aren't in.
The fact this was a flying object does not rule of terrorists either. We know terrorists have such munitions because they tried to take down an Israeli jet in Kenya years ago.
The picture to the left is the USS Cole in the same region of the world. It is remarkably the same TARGET area of the ship as that of the Kokuka Courageous. They have the same signature, but, the Cole was carried out by suicide bombers in a small boat.
But, the point is the method in an attempt to sink the boats with a huge explosion that would rock the region well into nearby coastal cities is basically the same, although the way to an explosion is different. There are just similarities that carry over years and years of time. That can't be ignored.
LET'S JUST SAY, the owner of the Kokuka Courageous is correct and there were no mines involved, THEN WHAT THE HECK IS THE US NAVY DOLING OUT AS PROOF? A doctored video?
June 14, 2019
By Linda Givetash and Arata Yamamoto
U.S. Central Command said the two vessels were hit Thursday by a limpet mine, which is attached to boats below the waterline using magnets. U.S. Central Command released video it claimed showed an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps patrol boat removing an unexploded mine from one of the tankers, the Kokuka Courageous.
But on Friday morning, the owner of the 560-foot Courageous, said that sailors saw something flying toward the vessel just before the explosion and that the impact was well above the waterline....
My concern for both these countries, companies and their crew is sincere. There is nothing more to hope for, but, to determine the perpetrators of the crime and demand resolution to this episode of violence in the Gulf of Oman, but, the FACTS have to be true and they have to be clear to the indications as to whom is responsible.
The Americans need leave the investigation to the countries involved and the companies that want this solved. In the meantime, there is a Gulf of water that needs to be stabilized so commerce is not interrupted. If that interruption cannot be stopped, then there are other shipping routes.
I demand to know what the US Navy is calling proof of Iranian involvement.
Pompeo cannot speak about an oil pipeline bombing without also speaking to the retaliation by Saudi Arabia that caused the deaths of innocent people, including children. The Saudi response was completely disproportionate compared to the pipeline attack. The death of human beings is NOT justified because an oil pipeline was attacked.
Oil pipeline attacks are nothing new either. There have been plenty over the years (click here), in Iraq alone.
12 November 2017
An explosion (click here for film loop) ripped through an oil pipeline near the village of Buri in northern Bahrain.
Bahrain's interior minister, Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, said in a statement that the blast was "the latest example of a terrorist act" and blamed Iran.
Iran has denied any involvement.
My concern for both these countries, companies and their crew is sincere. There is nothing more to hope for, but, to determine the perpetrators of the crime and demand resolution to this episode of violence in the Gulf of Oman, but, the FACTS have to be true and they have to be clear to the indications as to whom is responsible.
The Americans need leave the investigation to the countries involved and the companies that want this solved. In the meantime, there is a Gulf of water that needs to be stabilized so commerce is not interrupted. If that interruption cannot be stopped, then there are other shipping routes.
I demand to know what the US Navy is calling proof of Iranian involvement.
Pompeo cannot speak about an oil pipeline bombing without also speaking to the retaliation by Saudi Arabia that caused the deaths of innocent people, including children. The Saudi response was completely disproportionate compared to the pipeline attack. The death of human beings is NOT justified because an oil pipeline was attacked.
Oil pipeline attacks are nothing new either. There have been plenty over the years (click here), in Iraq alone.
12 November 2017
An explosion (click here for film loop) ripped through an oil pipeline near the village of Buri in northern Bahrain.
Bahrain's interior minister, Sheikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa, said in a statement that the blast was "the latest example of a terrorist act" and blamed Iran.
Iran has denied any involvement.
