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Ghost Dog

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7. The ship will be in international waters shortly...

Reply to Maxheader (Reply #6)

Sun Aug 18, 2019, 08:22 PM

Aug 2019

... “We can do something very fast, but they don’t quite know how to begin,” Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One in New Jersey.

Iran has denied the tanker was ever headed to Syria.

Tehran said it was ready to dispatch its naval fleet to escort the tanker if required.

“The era of hit and run is over ... if top authorities ask the navy, we are ready to escort out tanker Adrian,” Iran’s navy commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, was quoted as saying by Mehr news agency...

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-mideast-iran-tanker-gibraltar/iranian-tanker-at-centre-of-standoff-with-west-leaves-gibraltar-shipping-data-shows-idUKKCN1V80A2

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Iran tanker row: Gibraltar rejects US request to detain ship [View all] left-of-center2012 Aug 2019 OP

So, screw you Trump. CTyankee Aug 2019 #1

Good, don't give in to the fascist state. nt yaesu Aug 2019 #2

Grace 1, now Adrian Darya 1, is as I write underway and leaving Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #3

Correction: The ship has turned and is heading into the Mediterranean: Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #5

Unilateral sanctions don't work? Midnightwalk Aug 2019 #4

US sanctions against Iran did not apply in the EU Maxheader Aug 2019 #6

The ship will be in international waters shortly... Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #7

The world is no longer doing America's bidding. Dawson Leery Aug 2019 #8

At least the Wires and so MsM are reporting fairly accurately, Ghost Dog Aug 2019 #9

K&R ck4829 Aug 2019 #10

Trump is doing his best to eradicate civilization. nt oasis Aug 2019 #11

Gibraltar to Trump: drop dead. n/t malthaussen Aug 2019 #12