Chitchat Stupig angmoh call this invention...
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Big difference between ang mohs and chinks is ang mohs are more adventurous.
No such thing as saving face. like in chink culture.
Ang Mohs got enormous resources, all things that u need, and try out different combo of things until something works.
Chinks and other mongoloids just copy and paste, copy and paste. At best, make some minor tweaks here and there.
No such thing as saving face. like in chink culture.
Ang Mohs got enormous resources, all things that u need, and try out different combo of things until something works.
Chinks and other mongoloids just copy and paste, copy and paste. At best, make some minor tweaks here and there.
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meanwhile tanwahtiu invents nothing but kpkb about everything.
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That must be tbe 2nd aircraft carrier british will use to blow commies off hong kong.
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the last time brits fought a naval war, they got many of their destroyers sunk by a bunch of latinos and got eggs on their face. had to threaten nuclear strike and for france to betray argentina for the brits to win.
in their last 'bout' of naval warfare, against iran, the brits did not even show up.
Ruling to release vessel that was commandeered by UK came despite last-minute US attempt to detain it.
16 Aug 2019
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Grace 1 had been commandeered by the British Royal Marines off the coast of Gibraltar on July 4 on suspicion it was carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Iran had denied the accusation and called the seizure "an act of piracy" committed at the behest of the US.
The tanker, which remained docked off the coast of the British territory off Spain's southern coast into Thursday evening, has since become a pawn in the escalating tensions between Iran and the US.
The Gibraltar government on Thursday reiterated its conviction that the ship had been bound for Syria with $140m worth of light crude oil on board, in violation of separate EU and US sanctions. The boat's navigation plan "showed a fully marked-out route" from the Gulf to the Syrian port of Baniyas, the government said.
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said he had met Iranian officials on July 19 in London "with a will for a de-escalation with regard to all the various problems arising from the detention of the Grace 1".
The Supreme Court decision to release the tanker came on Thursday after Iran guaranteed in writing that the Grace 1 would not be heading to countries "subject to European Union sanctions" once it left the port, and therefore the ship was "no longer subject to detention", Chief Justice Anthony Dudley said.
Later on Thursday, the United Kingdom's Foreign Office called on Iran to stand by its pledge that the ship would not sail for Syria.
Gibraltar officials said a last-minute appeal from the US to extend the detention was not considered an official request before the Supreme Court, so they went ahead with the release.
"As far as the judge here is concerned at the Supreme Court, the Grace 1 is free to leave right now," Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons, reporting from Gibraltar, said.
Possible swap
The ruling came after a day of confusion surrounding the tanker, with the government in Gibraltar saying plans to release the vessel had been delayed by the last-minute request from the US Department of Justice to extend its detention.
The US request will be reviewed by the territory's Independent Mutual Legal Assistance authority, which can decide whether a separate court case can take place, Picardo told reporters. If the review were to happen before Grace 1 left Gibraltar's waters, the detention could still be extended.
It was not immediately clear if there was a crew willing and able to man the ship, but Iran's ambassador to Britain, Hamid Baeidinejad, tweeted after the court ruling that the ship would "soon leave Gibraltar".
The captain of Grace 1 and three officers had been released from detention in preparation for the vessel's release [Jon Nazca/Reuters]
It also remained unclear if the decision would prompt Iran to release the British-flagged Stena Impero, which the Islamic Republic had seized in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19. At the time, Iran said the vessel had collided with a fishing boat and violated international law, but later Iranian President Hassan Rouhaniappeared to suggest that if the UK released Grace 1, then his country would return Stena Impero.
A spokesman for the Stena Impero's owner said after the ruling that the situation remained unchanged and that the company awaited further developments from the UK and Iran.
"Now this is a way for both sides to defuse the situation and save face," Al Jazeera's Assed Baig, reporting from Tehran, said.
In its statement, the UK foreign office denied that there had been any link "between Iran's unacceptable and illegal seizure of, and attacks on, commercial shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the enforcement of EU Syria sanctions by the Government of Gibraltar."
Escalating tensions
The US and Iran have traded barbs and accusations as tensions have risen over the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Oman and Iran through which a fifth of the world's oil is transported.
Since May, the US has repeatedly accused Iran of sabotaging tankers in the strait, an accusation Iran has denied.
In June, Iran downed a US military surveillance drone in the Gulf with a surface-to-air missile. Tehran said the drone was in its airspace, while Washington said it was in international skies.
The US military has since deployed additional forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East as tensions have mounted. It also began a joint naval mission in the region with the UK, who were prompted to join by the seizure of the Stena Impero.
On Thursday, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif derided Washington's last-minute attempt to seize the tanker, accusing the US of trying to "steal our property on the high seas".
"Having failed to accomplish its objectives through its #EconomicTerrorism - including depriving cancer patients of medicine - the US attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property on the high seas," Zarif tweeted on Thursday, referring to US sanctions that Iranian officials say have prevented cancer patients from receiving medicines.
He added: "This piracy attempt is indicative of Trump (administration's) contempt for the law."
In preparations for the tanker's release, the captain of Grace 1, an Indian national, and three officers had been released from detention on Thursday, the Gibraltar government said.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
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Iran released the Brit vessel Stena impero about a month later.
- Date 27.09.2019
The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker, seized by Iran in July, has left port in Bandar Abbas, according to ship-tracking data providers. The seizure came amid heightened tensions between the West and Iran.
According to ship-tracking data from Refinitiv and MarineTraffic.com, the Stena Impero oil tankerhas left the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas after having been detained by Iran since July in what was widely seen as a tit-for-tat seizure.
The departure of the Stena Impero from Bandar Abbas on Friday was also confirmed by an Iranian shipping organization.
"The Stena Impero started sailing from the mooring toward the Persian Gulf's international waters as of 9:00 a.m. (0530 UTC) today," said a statement on the website of Hormuzgan province's maritime organization.
Stena Bulk CEO Erik Hanell reported that the tanker "reached international waters at 0945" on Friday.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry had announced the final lifting of the detention order for the vessel on Wednesday, but said investigations into alleged marine violations were continuing.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz in July in apparent retaliation for Britain's detention of an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar two weeks earlier. British authorities lifted the detention order on that ship in August.
According to Refinitiv, the Stena is now headed for Port Rashid in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and is expected to reach its destination in half a day.
The Stena Impero was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19
Heightened tensions
The ship seizures followed attacks in May and June on other merchant vessels in the waters of the Persian Gulf. Washington has blamed Tehran for those attacks, but Iran has denied any responsibility.
Relations between the United States and Iran have become increasingly tense following Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran and the ratcheting up of sanctions aimed at stopping Iran from exporting oil.
A drone attack on Saudi oil facilities that has been blamed on Iran by several countries, including Germany, has worsened West-Iran relations still further. Iran has denied the attack, which has been claimed by Houthi rebels fighting a Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
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the last time brits fought a naval war, they got many of their destroyers sunk by a bunch of latinos and got eggs on their face. had to threaten nuclear strike and for france to betray argentina for the brits to win.
in their last 'bout' of naval warfare, against iran, the brits did not even show up.
Ruling to release vessel that was commandeered by UK came despite last-minute US attempt to detain it.
16 Aug 2019
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Gibraltar's Supreme Court has ruled that a seized Iranian oil tanker is free to sail, just hours after the United States made a last-minute attempt to keep the vessel under detention, authorities said.
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Grace 1 had been commandeered by the British Royal Marines off the coast of Gibraltar on July 4 on suspicion it was carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria in breach of European Union sanctions against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Iran had denied the accusation and called the seizure "an act of piracy" committed at the behest of the US.
The tanker, which remained docked off the coast of the British territory off Spain's southern coast into Thursday evening, has since become a pawn in the escalating tensions between Iran and the US.
The Gibraltar government on Thursday reiterated its conviction that the ship had been bound for Syria with $140m worth of light crude oil on board, in violation of separate EU and US sanctions. The boat's navigation plan "showed a fully marked-out route" from the Gulf to the Syrian port of Baniyas, the government said.
Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said he had met Iranian officials on July 19 in London "with a will for a de-escalation with regard to all the various problems arising from the detention of the Grace 1".
The Supreme Court decision to release the tanker came on Thursday after Iran guaranteed in writing that the Grace 1 would not be heading to countries "subject to European Union sanctions" once it left the port, and therefore the ship was "no longer subject to detention", Chief Justice Anthony Dudley said.
Later on Thursday, the United Kingdom's Foreign Office called on Iran to stand by its pledge that the ship would not sail for Syria.
Gibraltar officials said a last-minute appeal from the US to extend the detention was not considered an official request before the Supreme Court, so they went ahead with the release.
"As far as the judge here is concerned at the Supreme Court, the Grace 1 is free to leave right now," Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons, reporting from Gibraltar, said.
Possible swap
The ruling came after a day of confusion surrounding the tanker, with the government in Gibraltar saying plans to release the vessel had been delayed by the last-minute request from the US Department of Justice to extend its detention.
The US request will be reviewed by the territory's Independent Mutual Legal Assistance authority, which can decide whether a separate court case can take place, Picardo told reporters. If the review were to happen before Grace 1 left Gibraltar's waters, the detention could still be extended.
It was not immediately clear if there was a crew willing and able to man the ship, but Iran's ambassador to Britain, Hamid Baeidinejad, tweeted after the court ruling that the ship would "soon leave Gibraltar".
The captain of Grace 1 and three officers had been released from detention in preparation for the vessel's release [Jon Nazca/Reuters]
It also remained unclear if the decision would prompt Iran to release the British-flagged Stena Impero, which the Islamic Republic had seized in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19. At the time, Iran said the vessel had collided with a fishing boat and violated international law, but later Iranian President Hassan Rouhaniappeared to suggest that if the UK released Grace 1, then his country would return Stena Impero.
A spokesman for the Stena Impero's owner said after the ruling that the situation remained unchanged and that the company awaited further developments from the UK and Iran.
"Now this is a way for both sides to defuse the situation and save face," Al Jazeera's Assed Baig, reporting from Tehran, said.
In its statement, the UK foreign office denied that there had been any link "between Iran's unacceptable and illegal seizure of, and attacks on, commercial shipping vessels in the Strait of Hormuz and the enforcement of EU Syria sanctions by the Government of Gibraltar."
Escalating tensions
The US and Iran have traded barbs and accusations as tensions have risen over the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Oman and Iran through which a fifth of the world's oil is transported.
Since May, the US has repeatedly accused Iran of sabotaging tankers in the strait, an accusation Iran has denied.
In June, Iran downed a US military surveillance drone in the Gulf with a surface-to-air missile. Tehran said the drone was in its airspace, while Washington said it was in international skies.
The US military has since deployed additional forces, including an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers, to the Middle East as tensions have mounted. It also began a joint naval mission in the region with the UK, who were prompted to join by the seizure of the Stena Impero.
On Thursday, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif derided Washington's last-minute attempt to seize the tanker, accusing the US of trying to "steal our property on the high seas".
"Having failed to accomplish its objectives through its #EconomicTerrorism - including depriving cancer patients of medicine - the US attempted to abuse the legal system to steal our property on the high seas," Zarif tweeted on Thursday, referring to US sanctions that Iranian officials say have prevented cancer patients from receiving medicines.
He added: "This piracy attempt is indicative of Trump (administration's) contempt for the law."
In preparations for the tanker's release, the captain of Grace 1, an Indian national, and three officers had been released from detention on Thursday, the Gibraltar government said.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
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Iran released the Brit vessel Stena impero about a month later.
Oil tanker Stena Impero, released by Iran, leaves port
- Date 27.09.2019
The British-flagged Stena Impero tanker, seized by Iran in July, has left port in Bandar Abbas, according to ship-tracking data providers. The seizure came amid heightened tensions between the West and Iran.
According to ship-tracking data from Refinitiv and MarineTraffic.com, the Stena Impero oil tankerhas left the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas after having been detained by Iran since July in what was widely seen as a tit-for-tat seizure.
The departure of the Stena Impero from Bandar Abbas on Friday was also confirmed by an Iranian shipping organization.
"The Stena Impero started sailing from the mooring toward the Persian Gulf's international waters as of 9:00 a.m. (0530 UTC) today," said a statement on the website of Hormuzgan province's maritime organization.
Stena Bulk CEO Erik Hanell reported that the tanker "reached international waters at 0945" on Friday.
The Iranian Foreign Ministry had announced the final lifting of the detention order for the vessel on Wednesday, but said investigations into alleged marine violations were continuing.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized the Stena Impero in the Strait of Hormuz in July in apparent retaliation for Britain's detention of an Iranian tanker off the territory of Gibraltar two weeks earlier. British authorities lifted the detention order on that ship in August.
According to Refinitiv, the Stena is now headed for Port Rashid in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and is expected to reach its destination in half a day.
The Stena Impero was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on July 19
Heightened tensions
The ship seizures followed attacks in May and June on other merchant vessels in the waters of the Persian Gulf. Washington has blamed Tehran for those attacks, but Iran has denied any responsibility.
Relations between the United States and Iran have become increasingly tense following Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran and the ratcheting up of sanctions aimed at stopping Iran from exporting oil.
A drone attack on Saudi oil facilities that has been blamed on Iran by several countries, including Germany, has worsened West-Iran relations still further. Iran has denied the attack, which has been claimed by Houthi rebels fighting a Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen.
Watch video01:48
Iran: Foreign forces pose 'danger to security' in Gulf
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Iran agrees to release British-flagged oil tanker
After more than two months of waiting, the Stena Impero has been approved to leave the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guards seized the tanker in July, causing and international outcry. (23.09.2019)
Germany, France and Britain blame Iran for Saudi oil attack
Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron and Boris Johnson have taken the US line on the attacks on Saudi oil facilities, saying it was "clear" Iran was behind the strikes. However, the three leaders called for diplomacy. (23.09.2019)
US deploys air defense systems to Saudi Arabia
The US is deploying ground-based air defense sytems and 200 troops to Saudi Arabia in response to this month's strikes at the heart of Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure. (27.09.2019)
Tanker attacks in the Gulf — evidence or warmongering?
For the US government, it is clear that Iran is responsible for the explosions on two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. As proof, a video and 13 photos have been published so far. What do they show? DW investigates. (21.06.2019)
Iranian oil tanker changes course to Turkey
The Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as Grace 1, has changed its destination to a port in Turkey. The US has threatened to sanction any party that takes the oil. (24.08.2019)
The French-made Exocet missile sank a number of Brit naval assets during the Falklands war. The Brits were just so lucky they were warring against a much weaker Argentina. If it was Iran or some other tougher nut, the Brits would have been roundly humiliated.
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