{"id":45078,"date":"2021-01-02T11:26:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T15:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45078"},"modified":"2021-01-02T11:26:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T15:26:27","slug":"naval-bomb-stealthily-attached-to-iraqi-supertanker-as-false-flag-attack-to-trigger-war-with-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=45078","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Naval BOMB\u2019 Stealthily Attached to Iraqi Supertanker as False Flag Attack to Trigger War with Iran!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018Naval BOMB\u2019 prone to \u2018sudden explosion\u2019 found on hull of Iraqi tanker as Iran warns US may use false-flag attack to start war<\/h1>\n

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FILE PHOTO: An oil tanker loads gas in Assaluyeh seaport in the Persian Gulf, 870 miles (1,400km) south of Tehran, Iran. \u00a9 Reuters \/ Morteza Nikoubazl<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n

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Explosives experts were called in to defuse a naval mine found attached to the hull of an oil tanker as it departed an Iraqi port, prompting an<\/p>\n

Iraqi authorities confirmed the discovery on Friday morning through the semi-official Security Media Cell Twitter account,\u00a0saying<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0\u201cforeign body\u201d<\/em>\u00a0was spotted on the vessel as it entered international waters in the Persian Gulf on Thursday afternoon, some 28 nautical miles (52km) off Iraq\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmediately a team for handling explosives was formed from the Ministry of Interior,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the Security Cell continued, adding that the team was\u00a0\u201cstill working to neutralize the mine and evacuate the target ship, and our naval forces are making a great effort with the bomb team to accomplish this mission.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The tanker, rented from Iraq\u2019s government-run Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), was in the area to refuel another vessel, which was successfully evacuated after the bomb was found.<\/p>\n

The confirmation from Baghdad came one day after two private security firms \u2013 Ambrey Intelligence and Dryad Global \u2013 said<\/a>\u00a0that sailors feared that they had found a\u00a0\u201climpet mine\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on a Liberian-flagged ship in the Persian Gulf. Another private intelligence outfit, Aurora Intel, shared unverified\u00a0photos<\/a>\u00a0and footage purporting to show the mine affixed to the tanker\u2019s hull, also posting satellite imagery of the two vessels at sea.Another security source who spoke with Reuters on condition of anonymity\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0the sea mine is\u00a0\u201ccomplicated\u201d<\/em>\u00a0and has\u00a0\u201csensors that could cause a sudden explosion,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0adding that the bomb squad had never handled a device of that kind.\u00a0\u201cWe asked for further assistance from a more professional bombs team,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

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