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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Mar 1, 2021, 03:14 PM Mar 2021

Netanyahu accuses Iran of attacking Israeli-owned cargo ship

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday accused Iran of attacking an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman last week, a mysterious explosion that further spiked security concerns in the region.

Without offering any evidence to his claim, Netanyahu told Israeli public broadcaster Kan that “it was indeed an act by Iran, that’s clear.”

“Iran is the greatest enemy of Israel, I am determined to halt it. We are hitting it in the entire region,” Netanyahu said. Iran promptly dismissed the charges.

The blast struck the Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray, a Bahamian-flagged roll-on, roll-off vehicle cargo ship, as it was sailing out of the Middle East on its way to Singapore on Friday. The crew was unharmed, but the vessel sustained two holes on its port side and two on its starboard side just above the waterline, according to American defense officials.

https://apnews.com/article/netanyahu-accuses-iran-attack-israel-ship-eff215fdcf6c1e53388c79067c57a592

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Netanyahu accuses Iran of attacking Israeli-owned cargo ship (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2021 OP
Whatever the truth behind this "explosion" is it's a solid distraction from Netanyahu's abqtommy Mar 2021 #1

abqtommy

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1. Whatever the truth behind this "explosion" is it's a solid distraction from Netanyahu's
Mon Mar 1, 2021, 03:50 PM
Mar 2021

ongoing legal and political problems caused by charges of corruption against him.

snark on: If only there were some intelligence agency that could provide us some
truth! snark off

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