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

[Zambeezi]

https://twitter.com/PressTV/status/1152597789362262016

New Video Shows IRGC Commandos Fast-Roping To Deck Of Seized Oil Tanker https://t.co/Q3lcQVdMqJ

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) July 20, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Navalny Secretly Met With the Ideologists of the Ukrainian Maidan in Moscow @FortRussNews https://t.co/eJl2SoiHzJ

— Pallas Athena (@Makedni) July 20, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Trucks with military equipment were intercepted and seized by #Taliban near #Farah according to @drknurpakt2 #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/qRLYYI3SYX

— Drexl Spivey (@RisboLensky) July 20, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Russian Market
@russian_market
·
5 m
U.S. Sanctions Iran Ships Ferrying Corn From Brazil

[Zambeezi]

#Hezbollah warning to Israel
"If Israel/US starts a war with us, you wont have time to pack up & leave. So leave now"
Iran supreme leader told a gathering - "You are going to WITNESS the end of Israel in Your Lifetime."
Asymmetric Warfare
Iran #IranWar pic.twitter.com/tTLtjiDQd7

— Nardeep Pujji (@AWAKEALERT) May 26, 2019

#UAE WILL CEASE TO EXIST IN A FEW DAYS if US-#Iran War Breaks Out! - Iranian Professor Marandi #UAE_China #UAEwantsBTS #Dubai #AbuDhabi #Sharjah #Fujairah #IranWar #Irandrone #BritishTanker #Iraniandrone #StraitOfHormuz#Iran warns UAE not to provide military bases to UK USA pic.twitter.com/iL6hpvwnKF

— Nardeep Pujji (@AWAKEALERT) July 20, 2019

[Zambeezi]

Dock workers in France, Italy & Spain have gone on strike to stop weapons brought by #Saudi being loaded!

Amazing solidarity action with people in #Yemen.#StopArmingSaudihttps://t.co/JuJmDFXS42

— Sam Walton (@SamWalton) July 18, 2019

[Zambeezi]

Russian Market
@russian_market
·
5 m
U.S. Sanctions Iran Ships Ferrying Corn From Brazil

Two more Iranian bulk carriers that came to Brazil carrying urea and were expected to return home with corn could be left without enough fuel, as Brazilian state oil firm Petrobras refuses to provide them with bunker fuel due to U.S. sanctions.
https://t.co/4Xk5oUMhZW

— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) July 20, 2019

[Zambeezi]

The #British commander warned the #IRGC Special Forces and said he "will open fire against their boats".

The IRGC responded: "You fire against us, we open fire against you".

The #UK tanker "Stena Impero" was taken away to Bandar Abbas.

— Elijah J. Magnier (@ejmalrai) July 20, 2019

[Anon]

UK's #Stenaimpero Seized by Iran had done three violations;
- It was moving in wrong direction of shipping route in #StraitofHormuz.
- It had turned off its positing device.
- It had ignored warnings issued by #Iran:

Managing Dir. of Hormozgan Ports & Maritime Org., Afifipour. pic.twitter.com/A4Izydsgvy

— Iran_Newsroom (@Iran_NewsRoom) July 19, 2019

British Oil Tanker was a Threat to the Environment

An additional breach of section 3 (right of innocent passage), this time under article 19, may have occurred due to the Stena Impero’s collision with a fishing trawler, which may, or could have, resulted in oil leaking from the tanker, thus resulting in an environmental disaster, with terrible consequences for the entire region.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/07/20/601397/UK-Persian-Gulf

[KneelB4Zod!]

People's Daily, China
@PDChina
·
1 h
An estimated 316,000 people gathered at Tamar Park in #HongKong Saturday afternoon in support of the city's police force while making a strong appeal for peace and order

[KneelB4Zod!]

France: Senegalians fight with Algerians

pic.twitter.com/E4PIlxQ3gr

— Ali Özkök (@Ozkok_A) July 20, 2019

[Mr Badger]

Lufthansa becomes the second airline to suspend flights to Egypt

What's this all about?

[Zagreas]

Lufthansa becomes the second airline to suspend flights to Egypt

What's this all about?

Maybe using airlines to transport troops to the middle east. If you've watched threads you'll know what i'am on about. Of course the reality's probably more boring.

[Anon]

BREAKING: We now have positive ID's on the vessels that are being held in Iran. STENA IMPERO (@stenabulk) is located outside navy port in Bandar Abbas (left), and RIAH is outside the navy port on Qeshm Island. High-res SkySat imagery by @planetlabs taken today. #OOTT pic.twitter.com/BJvZIVRSSD

— TankerTrackers.com, Inc. (@TankerTrackers) July 20, 2019

RIAH is that Panamanian flagged tanker.

[Anon]

Ministers are drawing up plans to target the Iranian regime with sanctions https://t.co/uEAUUcMQtO

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 20, 2019

[Zagreus]

Ministers are drawing up plans to target the Iranian regime with sanctions https://t.co/uEAUUcMQtO

— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) July 20, 2019

So predictable

[Anon]

Lufthansa becomes the second airline to suspend flights to Egypt

What's this all about?

Don't know, but this answer from BA doesn't sound too reassuring:

@yeh1a
4h4 hours ago
More
When asked for more details about why British Airways flights to Cairo had been suspended and what security arrangements the airline was reviewing, a spokeswoman for the airline responded: "We never discuss matters of security."





@AlexInAir
4h4 hours ago
More
Update: British Airways is rebooking passengers on direct EgyptAir flights between London-Cairo — (which leaves some passengers questioning why, on the same route, it’s safe on one airline, but not the other?)



@ _Ahmed_Abbas_
2h2 hours ago2 hours ago
2h2 hours ago

Look for funding behind situations that are not justified by natural logic.

The CEO of Qatar Airways is also a non-executive director of Heathrow Airport Holdings.

In March 2015, Qatar Airways purchased a 10% stake in International Airlines Group, the parent of British Airways and Iberia, for € 1.2 billion (US $ 1.26 billion).

The two countries may be related to the British Airways decision that we have seen today.

[Anon]

Seems @Twitter has suspended the accounts of several of Iran’s state-run and semi-official news agencies including IRNA, Mehr and YJC, according to Tasnim news (so far not suspended) https://t.co/Dd04wAW9p4 pic.twitter.com/m3pJ3Roaa2

— Golnar Motevalli (@golnarM) July 20, 2019

Seems as news came in yesterday of Iran's action with the tanker, someone who had posted in J's thread at GLP for quite a number of months under the account name "The Iranian" was immediately perma banned.

[Mr Badger]

Seems @Twitter has suspended the accounts of several of Iran’s state-run and semi-official news agencies including IRNA, Mehr and YJC, according to Tasnim news (so far not suspended) https://t.co/Dd04wAW9p4 pic.twitter.com/m3pJ3Roaa2

— Golnar Motevalli (@golnarM) July 20, 2019

Seems as news came in yesterday of Iran's action with the tanker, someone who had posted in J's thread at GLP for quite a number of months under the account name "The Iranian" was immediately perma banned.

Fucking twatbags, I liked him.

[Mr Badger]

Sukhoi Su-57 frazor
‏@I30mki
1h1 hour ago

The #Pentagon is preparing a naval military operation in the #PersianGulf.

#WASHINGTON, July 20 - RIA News. The United States is developing a military operation called "#Guardian", designed to secure maritime routes in the Middle East, the US Central Command said in a statement.

https://twitter.com/I30mki/status/1152722204875845633

[Anon]

Iran tanker crisis: MI6 probe link to Putin after British ship is seized

EXCLUSIVE: British oil tanker may have been driven into danger zone by 'spoof' GPS co-ordinates in a Tehran trap operation

A British oil tanker was “steered” towards Iranian waters by false GPS co-ordinates sent by Russian spy technology, it is now feared.

Security sources say GCHQ and MI6 are investigating whether Iranian intelligence transmitted spoof signals to the skipper of the Stena Impero.

A western security source said: “Russia has the technology to spoof GPS and may have helped Iran in this venture as it was extremely brazen. It would make British shipping extremely vulnerable and will be of grave concern to Royal Navy warships in the region.

“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Russian intelligence have worked very closely in Syria, protecting and promoting their interests.”

News of Russia’s apparent involvement – which could only happen with President Putin’s approval – comes after spooks learned they have the ability to fool ships into false location readings.

It means the British tanker may have thought it was a safe distance from Iranian waters – only to stray off course.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/iran-tanker-crisis-mi6-probe-18458279

[Anon]

Hezbollah allegedly preparing for war with Israel after Syrian conflict: US newspaper https://t.co/b30XJr6hT9 #Lebanon #Syria

— H.K (@Ibra_Joudeh) July 20, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

From aa few days old attack on NATO/US trained SOFs in Afghanistan:

Afghanistan Special Operation Forces Killed By Taliban In Badghis https://t.co/iHr7jqwa9w

— DoC (@DocPakistan) July 21, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

Bird On A Mission
@suegrant54321
·
1 h
SYRIA: Economic sanctions are economic terrorism - interview with Director of Al Sqeilbiyyeh Hospital on Idlib borders | ⁦
@VanessaBeeley
⁩ on Patreon
#Syria #Idlib

https://www.patreon.com/posts/syria-economic-28533950

[KneelB4Zod!]

The Japan Times
@japantimes
·
3 h
Top South Korean official says joint U.S. military exercises to continue despite threat from North

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2019/07/21/asia-pacific/top-south-korean-official-says-joint-u-s-military-exercises-continue-despite-threat-north/?hootPostID=a7ca9a566473caa775eb02a4ba62ddca#.XTRGNegzYUE

[KneelB4Zod!]

Ali Özkök
@Ozkok_A
·
4 m
#Sudan crisis: The ruthless mercenaries who run the country for gold

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48987901

[Anon]

A recording has emerged of radio exchanges between a Royal Navy frigate and Iranian armed forces vessels, moments before a UK-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf on Friday.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-49061675

[KneelB4Zod!]

Al-Masdar News
@TheArabSource
·
1 m
US military convoy enters #Syria with heavy equipment destined for #SDF-held territories: video (link: https://aml.ink/pjOVZ) aml.ink/pjOVZ #Iraq

[KneelB4Zod!]

Drexl Spivey
@RisboLensky
·
6 m
VBIED detonated in Gardez. ALP commander Aziz Ahmad seems to be the target. According to first reports he was injured #Paktia #Afghanistan

According to @ArianaNews_ Aziz was killed, while his driver was wounded. Militia squad also got hit #Paktia pics via @TGhazniwal and @qadir_sediqi #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/G9Wztq2gRi

— Drexl Spivey (@RisboLensky) July 21, 2019

[KneelB4Zod!]

British warship tried stop #Iran from seizing oil tankers: #IRGC https://t.co/pIDmNpm0vp

— Al-Masdar News (@TheArabSource) July 21, 2019