The pollies on TV this morning are saying that we will be joining the US coalition to ensure
freedom of navigation in the straight of Hormuz.
An Australian military commander alongside Scott Morrison, when asked
who Australian forces will be taking orders from, confirmed it would be the US.
So, will the US order Australian forces to suffer the hypocrisy of
preventing the free navigation of Iranian ships carrying oil to Syria? I hope the US does it's own dirty work.
Meanwhile:
(comments in brackets are mine)
Another Tanker With Iranian Oil Now Headed For Syria, Intel Sources Say
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019...ranian-oil-now-headed-syria-say-intel-sources
"A new report suggests we could be headed toward yet another Grace 1-type incident and
showdown involving an Iranian tanker intercept by US or UK forces. A tanker full of Iranian oil is said to be currently on its way to Dubai, with an ultimate offload destination of its 600,000 barrels of oil in Syria.
According to the breaking Fox report, citing unnamed Western intelligence sources:
The Bonita Queen loaded 600,000 barrels of crude oil on August 2 near the Iranian coast at Kharg Island. Shortly after, the tanker was de-flagged by the country of St. Kitts and Nevis, fearing retaliatory U.S. sanctions (economic warfare).
The vessel is now headed to Dubai, where it will refuel before beginning a months-long journey around the horn of Africa, through the Mediterranean and to the shores of Syria.
The Bonita Queen, according to its reported route, intends to link up with two Syrian-owned tankers in the Mediterranean in the coming months, where it will conduct a ship-to-ship transfer of the Iran-sourced crude."
(Of course, Syria has it's own oil but the wells are under the control of Kurdish forces which are backed by the US military).
