Satellite Images Show No Visible Damage to 'Sabotaged' Saudi Ships

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/saudi-ships-satellite-images-show-no-visible-damage-to-sabotaged-saudi-vessels?ref=home

Satellite Images Show No Visible Damage to ‘Sabotaged’ Saudi Ships
Jamie Ross

Saudi Arabia rang alarm bells this week with claims that two of its oil tankers were “sabotaged” and sustained “significant damage”—but now questions are being asked after satellite images showed the vessels have no major visible damage. Details of the alleged attacks on two Saudi, one Norwegian, and one Emirati oil tankers on Sunday are still hazy. One U.S. official told the AP that the U.S. military believes Iran or Iranian allies used explosives to blow holes in the ships. But the scale of the alleged sabotage is far from clear. Video showed one targeted Saudi tanker still afloat without any apparent damage, and satellite images provided to the AP showed no visible major damage from above. The suspicion that Iran was behind the alleged attacks has already stoked tensions in the Middle East and beyond. Asked at the White House about the incident Monday, President Donald Trump said: “It’s going to be a bad problem for Iran if something happens.”

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Making it up as they go?

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Zachary Basu48 mins ago
NYT: Pentagon presented plan to deploy 120,000 troops in case of Iran escalation

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The big picture: Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have been warning of an unspecified "escalating threat" from Iran in recent weeks, after receiving intelligence from Israel about a possible Iranian plot to attack U.S. interests in the region. Trump told reporters today that he’d been “hearing little stories about Iran,” adding: “If they do anything, they will suffer greatly.”

Saudi Arabia on Monday announced that two Saudi tankers were damaged by an "act of sabotage" over the weekend in the Gulf, without identifying any suspects. Iran’s foreign ministry distanced itself, calling the incident “worrisome” and “regretful."

Later on Monday, AP and other media outlets cited an anonymous U.S. official as saying an "initial assessment is that Iranian or Iranian-backed proxies" were responsible.

[GoCubsGo]

1. I smell another Gleiwitz Incident...

[rickford66]

2. I hate to say False Flag, but ....

[Liberal In Texas]

3. Creating another Gulf of Tonkin incident

isn't beyond what they're capable of. I'm sure they're looking for the right thing to get their "people" all riled up.

[gordianot]

4. Such an old stale attempt.

Many have read that book over the years but obviously 21st Century Fascism depends on illiterate, self centered, amoral enablers.

[watoos]

5. I saw a photo of the oil tanker,

it had a dent in the hull like it rammed into something.

[blueinredohio]

6. It's sad when we're drawn into a war based on a lie.

[llmart]

7. Yes...

and I seem to recall another (R) war that was based on a lie.

Hmmm....now let me see. Yellow cake anyone?

[Codeine]

8. Jesus guys; you aren't even trying.

At least put some effort into your bullshit.

[rampartc]

9. don't these ships have names?

"remember the oil tankers" isn't much of battle cry.

[magicarpet]

10. Netanyahu witnessed the whole thing....

... it was an Iranian terrorist bomb that caused the damage to the ships.

Let's go to war with AmeriKKKan tax payer dollars picking up the entire tab.

[zipplewrath]

11. Hard to sort out the lies

One smells the familiar stench of lies meant to move people towards war.
Unfortunately, it is also true that one could do a tremendous amount of damage to a ship that wouldn't be obvious from satellite imagery. It's why lying is so corrosive. It becomes the presumed state.

[sarisataka]

12. Would satellite images

Show damage below the surface? I highly doubt it. The headline is ridiculous to me.

I do find it odd that there appears to only be one picture of one of the damaged tankers. I would expect the damage to all, with multiple photos, would be detailed by now.

[Stargazer09]

13. That's assuming there was actual damage done

It seems likely that this is all a lie meant to justify a war with Iran.

[ck4829]

14. K&R

[Ilsa]

15. kick & rec. nt