Meanwhile in Yemen

Started by LongBlade, January 21, 2015, 10:28:16 AM

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LongBlade

QuoteLocal militiamen in the Yemeni city of Aden said they captured two Iranian military officers advising Houthi rebels during fighting on Friday evening.

Tehran has denied providing military support for Houthi fighters, whose advances have drawn air strikes by a regional coalition led by Saudi Arabia, the Islamic Republic's main rival for influence in the Gulf.

If confirmed, the presence of two Iranian officers, who the local militiamen said were from an elite unit of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, would further worsen relations between Tehran and Riyadh who are vying for dominance in the region.

Three sources in the southern port city's anti-Houthi militias said the Iranians, identified as a colonel and a captain, were seized in two separate districts that have been rocked by heavy gun battles.

source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/11/us-yemen-security-airstrikes-idUSKBN0N207I20150411
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Boggit

Quote from: GDS_Starfury on January 21, 2015, 03:29:58 PM
Seems like a great place for a saudi/iran proxy war.  O0
Apparently they see it that way too.
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LongBlade

This is breaking news and I have not seen it confirmed in other media, so take it with a grain of salt.

QuoteIran has fired at a U.S. cargo ship and has directed it to Bandar Abbas port on the southern coast of Iran, Al Arabiya News Channel has reported on Tuesday.

Up to 34 American sailors are believed to be onboard the ship, Al Arabiya reported.

source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2015/04/28/Iran-holds-U-S-ship-34-sailors-.html



Update:

According to the Beeb it's not true:

QuoteHowever, the Pentagon spokesman said the vessel involved was flagged to the Marshall Islands and that no Americans were on board.

The MV Maersk Tigris was moving through the Straits of Hormuz, according to the Pentagon.

source: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32503660
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LongBlade

And now possible confirmation it is true...

QuoteIranian Navy vessels fired shots at and boarded a Marshall Islands-flagged commercial container ship in the Strait of Hormuz Tuesday, a senior defense official told Fox News.

The Maersk Tigris ship -- originally heading to Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates, is now being escorted by the Iranian Navy into waters near Bandar Abbas, home of Iran's largest Navy base.

source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/04/28/iranian-navy-fires-at-boards-commercial-container-ship-official-says/
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Airborne Rifles

No doubt a response to us not letting their convoy of ships carrying arms get to Yemen. The Iranian leadership really should think hard about threatening the straits, what with the Arab world's newfound willingness to use their first class military kit.

Airborne Rifles

There's a good CMANO scenario that involves a U.S. convoy forcing the straits under unfavorable circumstances with help from a U.S. CVBG (Goodnight Irene).

GDS_Starfury

Im soooo looking forward to seeing how this plays out.   :knuppel2:
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Gusington

Do the Iranians still stock Silkworm missiles, or similar?


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bayonetbrant

Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 28, 2015, 05:20:00 PM
Im soooo looking forward to seeing how this plays out.   :knuppel2:

well, yeah...  because nobody's shooting at you
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LongBlade

According to a news report I saw earlier today the vessel is flagged under the Marshall Islands.

The US has a treaty to provide military defense of the Marshalls, so effectively the Iranians have just captured a US flagged vessel.

It will be interesting to see how Obama tries to square this circle in his desperation to make any kind of deal with Iran.
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BanzaiCat

The ship is sitting right off of Bandar Abbas...at least as of 1835 yesterday. Meanwhile, hundreds of ships are going back and forth through the Strait of Hormuz.

Quote"It is inappropriate" for the Iranians to have fired warning shots across the ship's bridge in those circumstances, Warren said, adding that it was too early to know whether the Iranian intervention amounted to a violation of the freedom of navigation through a waterway heavily used by international shipping.

This ranks up there with the dumbest damn things any government mouthpiece has ever uttered.

Boggit

Why have a go at a Marshall Island registered ship? Does Iran plan to expand hostilities and carve out a Pacific empire? :idiot2: :2funny:
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

Staggerwing

The Iranians claimed, among other things, that somebody, maybe the Maersk Line, owed them money.
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LongBlade

So Obama decides to call a meeting of six Gulf nations. Four decide it's not worth their time to send their heads of state.

QuoteThe White House was scrambling Monday to put a positive face on an upcoming summit of Persian Gulf states after learning leaders from four of the six invited nations are expected to skip.

While those nations are still sending representatives to the summit being hosted by President Obama later this week at Camp David, the absence of crucial heads of state -- notably, Saudi Arabia's new king -- could present an awkward situation for the administration.

source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/11/saudi-king-salman-to-miss-gulf-nation-summit-in-us/
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The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.