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arista
13-06-2019, 03:16 PM
https://news.sky.com/story/two-oil-tankers-attacked-in-the-gulf-of-oman-11740888


Not the Official Iranians
but no one knows who set them off?


[Two oil tankers have caught fire after being attacked in the Gulf of Oman.
One of them, the Front Altair, was bombed by a side mine
Taiwan's state oil refiner CPC Corp said.
It was "on fire and adrift", maritime intelligence firm Dryad Global said. ]

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hijaxers
13-06-2019, 04:54 PM
Does Iran even have submarines ? that we know of or could this be Russia causing grief .

arista
13-06-2019, 04:58 PM
Does Iran even have submarines ? that we know of or could this be Russia causing grief .

[Iran has 3 Russian-built Kilo-class submarines patrolling the Persian Gulf]

hijaxers
13-06-2019, 05:07 PM
[Iran has 3 Russian-built Kilo-class submarines patrolling the Persian Gulf]

Oh ok wow ~ trouble ahead then.

Twosugars
13-06-2019, 05:24 PM
Someone is trying to drop Iran in it

arista
13-06-2019, 05:33 PM
Someone is trying to drop Iran in it



Yes could well be.

arista
14-06-2019, 12:25 AM
Update : they are now saying it was a Side mines
on the the edge of the ships.