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Post by spinifex on Nov 5, 2018 15:29:46 GMT 10
Iran's most prominent conservative cleric has announced that if oil exports are halted, Saudi tankers will be confiscated and Gulf countries attacked. Powerful Shia cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Alamolhoda is the Friday Prayer leader in Mashhad, considered Iran's spiritual capital and among the holiest places in Shia Islam, and sits on the government's "Assembly of Experts" but has no formal government role or decision-making ability. However, he's a powerful leader and chief spiritual force behind Iran's conservative faction who has long been at odds with President Hassan Rouhani. Iranian opposition sources report that Alamolhoda told his followers during his Friday prayer sermon: If we reach a point that our oil is not exported, the Strait of Hormuz will be mined. Saudi oil tankers will be seized and regional countries will be leveled with Iranian missiles. www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-11-04/irans-powerful-hardline-cleric-threatens-seize-oil-tankers-launch-missiles-ahead
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Post by spinifex on Nov 5, 2018 19:34:02 GMT 10
Heh, heh. Yep. Although I suppose this mouse is kind of friendly with a Bear and a Dragon which may change the outcome?
It does seem like nothing but bluster. This cleric has no state authority. But that wont stop commodity speculator in Oil driving the price up just for fun.
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Post by Peter on Nov 5, 2018 19:48:06 GMT 10
...But that wont stop commodity speculator in Oil driving the price up just for fun. Yep. If there's a chance for profit...
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Post by SA Hunter on Nov 5, 2018 22:43:28 GMT 10
Preemptive strike anyone?
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Post by SA Hunter on Nov 5, 2018 22:51:47 GMT 10
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Post by spinifex on Nov 6, 2018 17:32:43 GMT 10
A more retarded sanctions policy has never been created. It almost looks like Washington has belatedly realised the main customers for crude from Iran and Russia have found successful 'workarounds' that undermine the use of $US in international trade.
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