Re: #30 - Main news thread - conflicts, terrorism, crisis from around the globe

[Zambeezi]

The captain of a tanker seized for carrying Iranian oil has said Royal Marines used excessive force in detaining his ship.

Earlier this month, UK forces helped authorities in Gibraltar who believed the tanker was carrying oil to a Syrian refinery in breach of EU sanctions.

The captain said marines made his unarmed crew kneel on the deck at gunpoint.

Gibraltar police said "minimum force" was used to take control of the vessel.

On 4 July, about 30 marines, from 42 Commando, were flown from the UK to Gibraltar to help detain the tanker and its cargo, at the request of the Gibraltar government.

The vessel's captain, an Indian national who asked not to be named, said he was radioed a police request to board his ship and had lowered his ladder.

But before anyone could board, a military helicopter landed on the ship in "a very dangerous move", he said.

He told the BBC he had identified himself as the captain but the marines ignored him, and instead pointed their guns and shouted "look forward, look forward".

He said: "They didn't care whether I was master… there was no regulations… we had 28 unarmed crew. I was in a state of shock, everybody was in a state of shock.

"How do you come on a ship like this with armed forces and such brute force. For what reason?"

He said the marines could have boarded the ship and simply told him he had been arrested.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49162256

more Western legalized theft (since Venezuelans decided to nationalize their sovereign resources... gold/oil)

Venezuela Faces the Loss of Citgo -- and Desperately Needed Dollars
https://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-faces-loss-citgo-desperately-183123270.html

Venezuela could lose its largest U.S. asset after a court allowed a Canadian gold miner to seize shares of Citgo Petroleum Corp.’s parent to satisfy an arbitration award. A U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday that Crystallex International Corp. may seize U.S.-based stock of Citgo’s parent, which is part of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, to cover a $1.4 billion award over the nationalization of gold fields.
Unless reversed on appeal or blocked by the Trump administration, the decision would allow Crystallex to auction the shares to satisfy Venezuela’s unpaid debt to the Canadian company. That means the country, in the grip of its worst recession, could lose control of the refiner that processes Venezuelan crude into desperately needed hard currency.
It also complicates efforts by interim President Juan Guaido to retain control of Venezuelan assets including Citgo while waging a power struggle with current leader Nicolas Maduro for leadership of the country. Guaido has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to bar creditors from seizing the country’s assets.


Crystallex’s gold mining operations near Las Cristinas, Venezuela, were seized without compensation in 2011 when Chavez nationalized the country’s gold-mining industry. The company pursued arbitration and won a $1.2 billion award plus interest in 2016.
Last year, Venezuela officials handed over $425 million as partial payment of the arbitration award, but the company couldn’t cut a deal to satisfy the rest of the debt. So Crystallex pushed ahead with efforts to seize shares of Citgo’s parent.
Crystallex officials waged a three-year battle to seize shares of PDV Holding Inc., which owns Citgo. PDVSA owns the holding company. A federal judge in Delaware concluded last year that since Venezuela controls PDVSA, shares of Citgo’s parent were fair game to be seized for the debt.
The Philadelphia-based appeals court upheld the trial judge’s finding that PDVSA is Venezuela’s alter ego in part because it is run by the country’s military and all profits flow to the country’s coffers.|
“It has the potential to be a big blow to Venezuela,” Russ Dallen, managing partner of Caracas Capital, said in an interview. “The pool of creditors that can now attack and go after PDVSA is greatly expanded.”
Crystallex isn’t the only company that has sued Venezuela over unpaid debts. Investors have sued over $65 billion in defaulted bonds while rival ConocoPhillips sued Venezuela over seizure of its oil assets in the country. The U.S. oil giant won a $2 billion arbitration award over the nationalized assets. Last year, ConocoPhillips executives got $345 million in cash and commodities in settlement after the U.S. company seized some PDVSA assets in the Caribbean.
The case is Crystallex International Corp. v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, No. 18-2797, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

[Zambeezi]

This must be a parody account isn't it?

White House Press
@OfficialWHPress
·
29. 7.
President Trump is proud to announce the nomination of National Security Adviser John Bolton for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for his tremendous efforts in bringing peace to Iran, Venezuela and Israel.
@AmbJohnBolton

@realDonaldTrump

@NobelPrize

[Anon]

This must be a parody account isn't it?

White House Press
@OfficialWHPress
·
29. 7.
President Trump is proud to announce the nomination of National Security Adviser John Bolton for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for his tremendous efforts in bringing peace to Iran, Venezuela and Israel.
@AmbJohnBolton

@realDonaldTrump

@NobelPrize

Imagine Trump saying he approved of Bolton's humanitarianism before the election, the thought of that being said about the warmonger would have been received by the audiences with stern looks and boos. But now the Q cult and Trump fanaticism has grown much and so if dear leader says Bolton is worthy of such a Nobel Prize then the devoted followers will now most likely view Bolton as a patriot.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Hama/Idlib:

Airstrikes on jihadi targets in Kafr Zita:

ВКС РФ наносят авиаудары по позициям боевиков в населенном пункте Кафр-Зайта. pic.twitter.com/Ex2Wr38UOz

— SwankyStas (@StasSwanky) July 30, 2019

Some photos from Tal Malah after the Syrian Army retook the area. The battlefield is filled with destroyed vehicles. pic.twitter.com/Vy128fiwAV

— Leith Aboufadel (@leithfadel) July 30, 2019

Soldiers of the Syrian army and allied formations during the fighting with the militants of the "moderate opposition" for the neighborhood of the village of Tel-Malach in the north of the province of Hama. @Zola_200 @annanews_info @VinodDX9 @saptak__mondal @vezhlivo pic.twitter.com/hTMhUq3VfO

— Sukhoi Su-57 frazor (@I30mki) July 30, 2019

Geo_monitor
@ConstantinGreco
·
38 m
non stop air raids on Khan Shaykhun..

[Talos]

DRKNURPAKT2
@drknurpakt2
#Taliban in #Badakhshan Raising Their White Flag in DHQ Karan Wa Manjan Strategic District after Capturing it.

https://mobile.twitter.com/drknurpakt2/status/1156174223267848192

The Americans learned nothing from the failed British invasions of Afghanistan in the 1800s or the Soviet invasion in the 1980s once you start a war with Pashtun tribesmen you are going to be slowly drained of blood and money.

[Anon]

Senate fails to override Trump vetoes on stopping Saudi weapons sales

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-fails-to-override-trump-vetoes-on-stopping-saudi-weapons-sales/

[Talos]

The mainstream media are such liars trying to blame the Houthis for yesterday's market attack when everyone knows it was the Saudis why would the Houthis bomb Saada? Saada is the Houthis birthplace and everyone supports the Houthis in Saada.

[Anon]

John Bolton is a patriot and a hero.
John Bolton is make American first of the assurance.
John Bolton is the most important resour for against the enemy. pic.twitter.com/1Y1uxx2nrB

— Ken Adams (@realken_adams) July 25, 2019

@POTUS please keep @AmbJohnBolton as your NSA. He is a hawk, but his views are necessary and the varying views are what is helping Keeping America Great! Bolton is a great American.A true patriot!

— Mike Marano (@mmarano56) July 23, 2019

Keep up the great work mr bolton! We will never let the fake news and the code pink republicans take you out! You are a true patriot!

— Jay farsel (@FarselJay) July 22, 2019

John Bolton, a war hawk, is an American patriot. @Ilhan is a radical, Anti-American member of Congress who represents terrorists & criminal aliens. She has brought her personal battles with foreign nations to #WethePeople’s House. #Traitor

— KAG (@Keep_USAGreat) July 20, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

John Bolton is a patriot and a hero.
John Bolton is make American first of the assurance.
John Bolton is the most important resour for against the enemy. pic.twitter.com/1Y1uxx2nrB

— Ken Adams (@realken_adams) July 25, 2019

@POTUS please keep @AmbJohnBolton as your NSA. He is a hawk, but his views are necessary and the varying views are what is helping Keeping America Great! Bolton is a great American.A true patriot!

— Mike Marano (@mmarano56) July 23, 2019

Keep up the great work mr bolton! We will never let the fake news and the code pink republicans take you out! You are a true patriot!

— Jay farsel (@FarselJay) July 22, 2019

John Bolton, a war hawk, is an American patriot. @Ilhan is a radical, Anti-American member of Congress who represents terrorists & criminal aliens. She has brought her personal battles with foreign nations to #WethePeople’s House. #Traitor

— KAG (@Keep_USAGreat) July 20, 2019

I bet most of these plain stupid oxygen thieves voted for Trump because he promissed to stop interventions abroad, regime change agendas and support for special interest groups. Now they call Bolton, who represents literally everything Trump campaigned against, as patriot.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Fresh ANNA News video from ongoing operations in Hama/Idlib:

[Talos]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation

Lol Trump is an utter moron he thinks the Persians have never won a war lol

[Talos]

Turns out that white house account that announced John Bolton was nominated for the Nobel peace prize was a troll account lol I bet all those low IQ Trumpers feel even dumber than they already are lol.

White House Parody Account Awards John Bolton the Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.albawaba.com/node/would-john-bolton-win-nobel-peace-prize-1300221

[Anon]

I bet most of these plain stupid oxygen thieves voted for Trump because he promissed to stop interventions abroad, regime change agendas and support for special interest groups. Now they call Bolton, who represents literally everything Trump campaigned against, as patriot.

My fav part is where they say he is a warhawk, but that is what makes USA great! I mean do these people even read what they type before pressing the enter button? Globalists must be so glad at how easily it is to manipulate Americans.

[KneelB4Zod!]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation

Lol Trump is an utter moron he thinks the Persians have never won a war lol

He probably doesn't even know that the Iranians and Persians are the same people...

[boris]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation

Lol Trump is an utter moron he thinks the Persians have never won a war lol

He probably doesn't even know that the Iranians and Persians are the same people...

I bet he could not find it on a map!

[KneelB4Zod!]

Turns out that white house account that announced John Bolton was nominated for the Nobel peace prize was a troll account lol I bet all those low IQ Trumpers feel even dumber than they already are lol.

White House Parody Account Awards John Bolton the Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.albawaba.com/node/would-john-bolton-win-nobel-peace-prize-1300221

On the other hand, with current level of idiocy brewing in the White House, even I was unsure if the account is real or not. We can expect all kind of foolishness from the no brainer in cheif.

[Böhse Tante]

Turns out that white house account that announced John Bolton was nominated for the Nobel peace prize was a troll account lol I bet all those low IQ Trumpers feel even dumber than they already are lol.

White House Parody Account Awards John Bolton the Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.albawaba.com/node/would-john-bolton-win-nobel-peace-prize-1300221

On the other hand, with current level of idiocy brewing in the White House, even I was unsure if the account is real or not. We can expect all kind of foolishness from the no brainer in cheif.

Meanwhile the satire newspapers are more reliable than the msm.

[Talos]

Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump

Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation

Lol Trump is an utter moron he thinks the Persians have never won a war lol

He probably doesn't even know that the Iranians and Persians are the same people...

Even by that logic that he is talking about since Iran changed its name aren't they always moaning that Iran is winning the proxy wars in Lebanon, Iraq, Gaza, Yemen and Syria? lol And i would also argue that Iran won the Iran-Iraq war since US backed Saddam failed his 2 main objectives of capturing the Iranian oilfields and Annexing the Arab parts of Iran despite US/French/British/Russian support

[Anon]

Turns out that white house account that announced John Bolton was nominated for the Nobel peace prize was a troll account lol I bet all those low IQ Trumpers feel even dumber than they already are lol.

White House Parody Account Awards John Bolton the Nobel Peace Prize
https://www.albawaba.com/node/would-john-bolton-win-nobel-peace-prize-1300221

On the other hand, with current level of idiocy brewing in the White House, even I was unsure if the account is real or not. We can expect all kind of foolishness from the no brainer in cheif.

Meanwhile the satire newspapers are more reliable than the msm.

I now view satire as something that will happen in the not too distant future. The news before its news.

[Mr Badger]

Germany Made No Promises’: Berlin Rejects US Anti-Iran Maritime Coalition Proposal

https://sputniknews.com/world/201907301076407817-us-officially-asks-germany-france-uk-to-participate-in-strait-of-hormuz-mission-to-counter-iran/

[Anon]

European stocks spiral down on Trump’s trade tirade against China #Political #POTUS #Whitehouse https://t.co/TEwQifDix9

— Presidential News Network (@POTUSNetwork) July 30, 2019

Trump vows to crush China in trade deal in angry Twitter tirade – ‘We have all the cards!’ https://t.co/9sQefs7ihc

— Bongo Exclusive (@BongoExclusive) July 30, 2019

[Talos]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An Iranian ship called Bavand, which had been at the heart of a geopolitical spat between Brasilia and Tehran, set sail from Brazil on Monday after receiving fuel from state-run Petroleo Brasileiro, the port of Paranaguá said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-iran-sanctions/iranian-ship-bavand-sets-sail-from-brazil-second-vessel-following-soon-idUSKCN1UO28X

Another fail for Trump and Bolton

[blue wizard from the east]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An Iranian ship called Bavand, which had been at the heart of a geopolitical spat between Brasilia and Tehran, set sail from Brazil on Monday after receiving fuel from state-run Petroleo Brasileiro, the port of Paranaguá said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-iran-sanctions/iranian-ship-bavand-sets-sail-from-brazil-second-vessel-following-soon-idUSKCN1UO28X

Another fail for Trump and Bolton

Maybe the American or English pirates capture it halfway to Iran in the Indian Ocean.

[Talos]

The Saudis may be having second thoughts about a showdown with Iran

https://apple.news/A4DVfef3WSdeZwU5qff2yoA

Saudis backing down before a shot fired why I'm I not shocked?

[blue wizard from the east]

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - An Iranian ship called Bavand, which had been at the heart of a geopolitical spat between Brasilia and Tehran, set sail from Brazil on Monday after receiving fuel from state-run Petroleo Brasileiro, the port of Paranaguá said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-iran-sanctions/iranian-ship-bavand-sets-sail-from-brazil-second-vessel-following-soon-idUSKCN1UO28X

Another fail for Trump and Bolton

Maybe the American or English pirates capture it halfway to Iran in the Indian Ocean.

Maybe with some help from their friends:

South Korea plans to join a U.S.-led maritime force in the Middle East by sending a naval unit, which includes a destroyer, to help guard oil tankers sailing through the Strait of Hormuz

https://iran.liveuamap.com/en/2019/29-july-south-korea-plans-to-join-a-usled-maritime-force

[Talos]

No, Israel Did Not Attack Iranian Targets In Iraq

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/07/no-israel-did-not-attack-iranian-targets-in-iraq.html

Desperate stuff from Israel that they have to make up attacks to make the failing F35 look good.

[Böhse Tante]

https://www.chronicle.gi/as-iran-condemns-british-piracy-israeli-organisation-launches-legal-bid-to-seize-grace-1/



What's about this?

[KneelB4Zod!]

Reports that Syrian army advances Az Zakah. If liberated then it will pose serious threat to jihadists in Kafr Zayta

#Breaking

Поступают сведения, что подразделения Сирийской Арабской Армии стремительно прорываются к населенному пункту Заках.

Овладение этим пунктом поставит под угрозу позиции боевиков в Кафр-Зайте. pic.twitter.com/93hRmnQJim

— SwankyStas (@StasSwanky) July 30, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Russians are everywhere these days pic.twitter.com/GUaDjPUTCN

— Russian Market (@russian_market) July 30, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

#Houthis destroyed whole #KSA backed militant convoy, impressive. Houthis are badass fighters #Yemen #Jemen https://t.co/iGwIddAuiG

— SantaKlaus (@123_Skandinavia) July 30, 2019

Whole video: