23-07-2019, 09:29 AM
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Re: Foreign office cock up?
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiThis is not our fight.
A deal was struck between Iran and the USA and EU.
It was monitored by an International Independent Body.
Iran stuck to the deal.
Trump cancelled the deal and put sanctions on Iran.
Iran responded by upping production.
We, the UK, seized an Iranian Tanker 2000 miles and 6 days away from it's supposed destination in Syria.
We had no proof it was sanction busting.
Can you imagine the uproar if Iran had seized one of our tankers 2000 miles away in International waters, or an American one?
Iran has retaliated by seizing two of our tankers just off their coastline.
We are unable to protect our tankers in the Gulf so have had to advise them not to go there.
This has seriously damaged our shipping industry, lost contracts being taken over by American and EU Shipping Companies.
We have made an enemy of a Country which has not been a threat to us for decades.
Utter stupidity and things could escalate further.
Trump says jump and we say how high.
Have we not learnt any lessons about getting involved in the Middle East?
They don't seem to be able to do this.
2) The "British" vessel now seized, in retaliation, appears to be totally foreign owned, foreign crewed (Not pun) and may be the only one around with a British flag on the stern!
What a coincidence?
23-07-2019, 09:36 AM
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Re: Foreign office cock up?
If ANYONE seriously believes that the Iranians were complying with the "deal" then they must be smoking something very illegal.Added to which Iran is a nest of vipers and has been for decades. It's a sponsor of terrorism and a threat to the civilised world.
23-07-2019, 09:54 AM
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Re: Foreign office cock up?
Originally Posted by Tedc
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1) The vessel's owners would , simply, have to tell us where, and in which port, it was booked into to unload.They don't seem to be able to do this.
2) The "British" vessel now seized, in retaliation, appears to be totally foreign owned, foreign crewed (Not pun) and may be the only one around with a British flag on the stern!
What a coincidence?
It is strange that there is not a British soul aboard it.
23-07-2019, 10:17 AM
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Re: Foreign office cock up?
Originally Posted by Muddy
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It is strange that there is not a British soul aboard it.
They would then start negotiating for the "highest bidder" and the cargo would be re-routed to wherever that was.
Maybe that system is now the norm.
But why this was a "British" tanker, owned abroad, crewed with foreign crew, etc., remains a mystery.
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