Analyst: New Photos Are ‘Smoking Gun’ Proving Iranian Involvement in Tanker Attack

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First Americans have to prove those people are Iranian, then they have to show the actual mine on the video.

Until then, their claims is unproven.

i think they were going to show the mine and say its Iranian but IRGC came and took the mine.

 

[xyxmt]

New photo shows the tanker parked in USE port and that proves Iran attacked it

 

[Mithridates]

the footage shows IRGCN removed something, catching with smoking gun means you provide a footage of attaching the mine. US is accusing Iran of this actions so it makes sense for IRGC to come and examines the incident.
US newspapers like always provided the best analyzes.

 

[Wa Muhammada]

So I guess this photo is enough for the USA to launch attacks on Iran and kill hundreds of innocent people

 

[My-Analogous]

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New imagery released by the U.S. on Monday makes the strongest case yet that sectarian Iranian forces attacked at least one petrochemical tanker in the Gulf of Oman, a long-time naval analyst told USNI News on Monday.

Taken from a Navy MH-60R Seahawk, the new photographs show a similar scene as a grainy black and white video U.S. Central Command released on Thursday. In them, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy fast attack craft come alongside the Japanese-owned petrochemical tanker M/V Kokuka Courageous and removed what CENTCOM said is a limpet mine.

“Limpet mines are attached to a vessel via magnets and/or nails and detonated by a timer,” read a statement from U.S. Central Command. “Following the attack, sailors from the Kokuka Couragous discovered a second, unexploded, limpet mine on their vessel and abandoned ship.”

After the crew left the ship, CENTCOM said a Gashti Class patrol boat approached the Kokuka Courageous and recovered the unexploded mine.

Additional detailed images shot from alongside Kokuka Courageous taken from the crew of USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), show a greenish-grey base attached to the hull, what CENTCOM says is the remains of the removed mine.

Iran is responsible for the attack based on video evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpet mine,” CENTCOM said in a statement.

After reviewing the CENTCOM release provided to USNI News, Washington, D.C.-based naval analyst Scott Truver told USNI News the pictures CENTCOM put out on Monday amounted to a certainty that Iran was responsible for the attack.

“I have no doubt and I’ve talked to some of [explosive, ordnance and disposal] friends and we’re all in agreement – it’s a smoking gun,” he said.

In addition to the imagery, CENTCOM released a detailed timeline of the attacks and the U.S. response.

Iran has continued to deny that they were responsible for the attack.

Earlier on Monday, the Pentagon announced an additional 1,000 troops are being sent to U.S. Central Command as tensions between Tehran and Washington continue to be high following the attacks on Kokuka Courageous

At the request of CENTCOM, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has, “authorized approximately 1,000 additional troops for defensive purposes to address air, naval, and ground-based threats in the Middle East,” read the statement.

“The recent Iranian attacks validate the reliable, credible intelligence we have received on hostile behavior by Iranian forces and their proxy groups that threaten United States personnel and interests across the region.”

The troop buildup and the rebuke from CENTCOM come after Iranian officials announced they were set to break a prohibition on stockpiling uranium in ten days and maybe begin enriching uranium to levels that would violate the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The U.S. suspended their involvement early on in the Trump administration and renewed sanctions on Iran.

https://news.usni.org/2019/06/17/an...-proving-iranian-involvement-in-tanker-attack

US uses this thing to attack Vietnam as well. Please try something new

 

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US official pressed to say Iran not behind 9/11 as Congress warns against war


https://www.france24.com/en/2019061...ran-not-behind-911-congress-warns-against-war

 

[925boy]

New photo shows the tanker parked in USE port and that proves Iran attacked it

Lets agree Iran attacked. Wtf are you gonna do?

 

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[raptor22]

Almost 10 days & nothing has been released ..