US Central Command said in a press release on Saturday that its forces "destroyed" three Iranian oil tankers, framing the attacks on civilian ships as a response to Iranian missiles being fired toward US Navy warships. CENTCOM described the ships as "IRGC tankers," an apparent attempt to justify the

US Central Command said in a press release on Saturday that its forces “destroyed” three Iranian oil tankers, framing the attacks on civilian ships as a response to Iranian missiles being fired toward US Navy warships. CENTCOM described the ships as “IRGC tankers,” an apparent attempt to justify the attack on civilian vessels. At least […]

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  • PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk
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    1 hour ago

    I know I’m missing the point here but that sounds like three man-made ecological disasters right there 🙁

  • xenomor@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Now that the US is explicitly targeting merchant ships, I guess we can dispense with the disingenuous premise that we have moral authority over the Iranians because they targeted merchant ships.