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The Japanese owner of the Kokuka Courageous, one of two oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, said Friday that sailors on board saw "flying objects" just before it was hit, suggesting the vessel wasn't damaged by mines.
That account contradicts what the U.S. military said as it released a video Friday it said shows Iranian forces removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the two ships that were hit.
The Japanese tanker was attacked twice Thursday, damaging the vessel and forcing all 21 crew members to evacuate.
Company president Yutaka Katada said Friday he believes the flying objects seen by the sailors could have been bullets. He denied any possibility of mines or torpedoes because the damage was above the ship's waterline. He called reports of a mine attack "false."
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/oil-tanker-attacks-gulf-of-oman-tanker-owner-seems-to-dispute-us-account-of-gulf-of-oman-attack-today-2019-06-14/?__twitter_impression=true
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malaise
(269,062 posts)while the Japan PM was visiting Iran.
Yep - and I'm a virgin
how gullible is humanity?
2naSalit
(86,650 posts)meant to falsely confirm lies or create them.
Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)bahrbearian
(13,466 posts)Beringia
(4,316 posts)Never had that happen before.
GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)Yet, our whore media is still pushing the lie that the "only explanation" is that they're "covering their tracks" in that video. Never mind that his is an oil tanker, and they might, maybe, perhaps not want it exploding and leaking oil all over the goddamn place. This whole thing has reeked from the start, and it's becoming more and more obvious that we're getting played into another fucking war.