06-13-2019, 09:26 AM
** 13-Jun-2019 World View: Explosions on two oil tankers in Gulf of Oman
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There were explosions on two oil supertankers in the Gulf of Oman on
Thursday morning, near the Strait of Hormuz. Nobody has claimed
credit. Oil prices rose after news of the explosions, but only
slightly. The small size of the oil price increase is being
attributed to the fact that the United States now produces enough for
its internal needs, and has become energy independent.
The explosions come a few weeks after four other oil tankers were
sabotaged off the port city of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.
Subsequent investigations revealed that those four oil tankers were
sabotaged by frogmen who attached remote-controlled limpet mines to
the ships' hulls. The successive explosions in the Gulf of Oman also
point to the use of some form of remotely-controlled explosive device.
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Iran is suspected as the perpetrator or backer of all of these
attacks, though Iran denies it.
Tensions are rising in the Mideast in Yemen, after the Houthis
launched a missile, believed to have been supplied by Iran, that
attacked a Saudi Arabia civilian airport, injuring dozens of
travelers. The Saudis are expected to retaliate.
---- Sources:
-- Gulf of Oman / The Latest: Targeted tankers carried Saudi, Qatar,
UAE cargo
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wir...a-63680064
(AP, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Explosions on two supertankers carrying Gulf oil. Crews evacuated
https://www.debka.com/explosions-reporte...-gulf-oil/
(Debka, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Incident in Gulf of Oman, ‘explosions’ affect two oil tankers -
report
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Incide...ort-592351
(Jerusalem Post, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Explosions reported on two tankers in Gulf of Oman
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/u...02630.html
(Al-Jazeera, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Yemen war: Houthi missile attack on Saudi airport 'injures 26'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48608213
(BBC, 12-Jun-2019)
---- Related:
Author of: "World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy -- Tehran's
Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East"
(Generational Theory Book Series, Book 1)
Paperback: 153 pages, over 100 source references, $7.00
https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Suprem...732738610/
- Two oil supertankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz
on Thursday morning.
There were explosions on two oil supertankers in the Gulf of Oman on
Thursday morning, near the Strait of Hormuz. Nobody has claimed
credit. Oil prices rose after news of the explosions, but only
slightly. The small size of the oil price increase is being
attributed to the fact that the United States now produces enough for
its internal needs, and has become energy independent.
The explosions come a few weeks after four other oil tankers were
sabotaged off the port city of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates.
Subsequent investigations revealed that those four oil tankers were
sabotaged by frogmen who attached remote-controlled limpet mines to
the ships' hulls. The successive explosions in the Gulf of Oman also
point to the use of some form of remotely-controlled explosive device.
- Site of the two explosions on Thursday (marinetraffic.com)
Iran is suspected as the perpetrator or backer of all of these
attacks, though Iran denies it.
Tensions are rising in the Mideast in Yemen, after the Houthis
launched a missile, believed to have been supplied by Iran, that
attacked a Saudi Arabia civilian airport, injuring dozens of
travelers. The Saudis are expected to retaliate.
---- Sources:
-- Gulf of Oman / The Latest: Targeted tankers carried Saudi, Qatar,
UAE cargo
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wir...a-63680064
(AP, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Explosions on two supertankers carrying Gulf oil. Crews evacuated
https://www.debka.com/explosions-reporte...-gulf-oil/
(Debka, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Incident in Gulf of Oman, ‘explosions’ affect two oil tankers -
report
https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Incide...ort-592351
(Jerusalem Post, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Explosions reported on two tankers in Gulf of Oman
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/06/u...02630.html
(Al-Jazeera, 13-Jun-2019)
-- Yemen war: Houthi missile attack on Saudi airport 'injures 26'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-48608213
(BBC, 12-Jun-2019)
---- Related:
Author of: "World View: Iran's Struggle for Supremacy -- Tehran's
Obsession to Redraw the Map of the Middle East"
(Generational Theory Book Series, Book 1)
Paperback: 153 pages, over 100 source references, $7.00
https://www.amazon.com/World-View-Suprem...732738610/
