U.S. releases video it says shows Iran's military recovering mine

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS JUNE 13, 2019 / 9:58 PM / UPDATED 37 MINUTES AGO

U.S. releases video it says shows Iran's military recovering mine

Phil Stewart
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military released a video late on Thursday that it said showed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) removing an unexploded mine from the side of a Japanese-owned oil tanker, as Washington blamed Iran for attacks rattling global oil markets.

The U.S. military’s Central Command also released photographs showing the apparent mine, which attaches to the side of a ship magnetically, before it was removed later in the day.

Such imagery is often difficult to declassify and its release appeared to show U.S. efforts to convince the international community of Iran’s culpability in Thursday’s attacks on the Kokuka Courageous and the Norwegian-owned Front Altair. Tehran has bluntly denied the allegation.

Both vessels suffered explosions, forcing crews to abandon ship and leave them adrift in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran.

Navy Captain Bill Urban, a Central Command spokesman, said the IRGC vessel was observed at 4:10 p.m. local time approaching the Japanese-owned tanker.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-tanker-usa-release/u-s-releases-video-it-says-shows-irans-military-recovering-mine-idUSKCN1TF071

[hedda_foil]

1. Dick? Is that you Dick???

[TheBlackAdder]

2. So, US ships were dispatched to an area rife with mines?

[JustAnotherGen]

3. I'm not falling for it

I didn't fall for WMD in Iraq - and I'm not falling for this nonsense.

[Sapient Donkey]

4. The video of the boat in question is clear enough

for someone who is knowledgeable about the Iranian military to prove/disprove if it is the type of Iranian boat that is being claimed. Once the type of boat is confirmed, then the users of that type of might point in one direction or another.

[democratisphere]

5. Too convenient to be true.

When Bolton is involved, trust nothing.