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A month after the attack on four tankers off Fujairah, a summary of preliminary findings of an investigation by the UAE, Norway and Saudi Arabia has concluded that a “state actor” was most likely behind the operation.
The report found the attack was “designed to incapacitate the ships without sinking them or detonating their cargoes".
“The four attacks were part of a sophisticated and co-ordinated operation carried out by an actor with significant operational capacity, most likely a state actor,” said a statement from the three countries' ambassadors to the UN.
The investigation, which assessed the damage to the four vessels and conducted a chemical analysis of the debris, found it was "highly likely" that limpet mines were used in the attack.
“It appears most likely that the mines were placed on the vessels by divers deployed from fast boats,” the statement said, based on radar data and the short time the targeted vessels had been at anchor before the attacks.
The report, obtained byThe Nationalbelow, pointed to evidence to support the theory that a state was behind the sabotage.
"The attacks required intelligence capabilities for the deliberate selection of four oil tankers among 200 vessels of all types that lay at anchor off Fujairah at the time of the attacks,” it said.
“One of the targets was at the opposite end of the anchorage area from the other ships, which indicates that these were premeditated strikes rather than targets picked at random.
“The attacks likely required the positive identification of these pre-selected targets by the operatives carrying out the attacks.”
The statement said the level of training for the attacks, and the contained nature of it, suggested a state was involved.
“It required training divers," it read.
"The explosive charges were placed with a high degree of precision under the waterline, in ways that were designed to incapacitate the ships without sinking them or detonating their cargoes, indicating minute knowledge of the design of the targeted ships."
The investigation also revealed evidence of a high degree of co-ordination among several teams of operatives, including the timed detonation of all four charges within less than an hour.
"The attacks required expert navigation of fast boats that were able to intrude into UAE territorial waters and to exfiltrate the operatives after delivering the explosive charges,” the statement said.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton has accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of being behind the attack, but the initial findings of the UAE-led investigation did not name a specific state.
The report said the investigation would continue and that the three countries would share the preliminary findings with the International Maritime Organisation in London.
"Our investigations are still ongoing," said Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE's permanent representative to the UN.
“到目前为止,他们包括收集的数据通过technical teams, deployment of divers, and chemical analysis in UAE laboratories that is being verified with international partner teams."
Ms Nusseibeh said it was worth noting that all four vessels attacked were close to one of the two channels used to enter and exit the port.
She said the Saudi vessels were among the largest present in the port and that all four ships were deliberately chosen.
"The explosions could have had a catastrophic impact if the perpetrators had desired, suggesting it was a sophisticated attack planned to be contained without widespread destruction," Ms Nusseibeh said.
"The capability of intelligence and training is associated with the special forces of a state.
"It is a violation of state sovereignty, a threat to global maritime and international security. We have enhanced our security measures.
These findings are preliminary, and we will continue to share the results of further investigations with the Security Council."
She said council members who were at the presentation of the statement expressed concern and solidarity with the UAE, Norway and Saudi Arabia.
"The investigation is very technical," Ms Nusseibeh said. "We are looking at the available data and we are analysing it. We are not at the stage of attribution.
"The US has carried out its own investigation but we have not yet seen those findings. There have been conversations at the intelligence and technical level with the US and a number of international partners.
"We are looking for an international response that would safeguard security in the region, the security of commercial shipping and of the global energy supply."
A month after the attack on four tankers off Fujairah, a summary of preliminary findings of an investigation by the UAE, Norway and Saudi Arabia has concluded that a “state actor” was most likely behind the operation.
The report found the attack was “designed to incapacitate the ships without sinking them or detonating their cargoes".
“The four attacks were part of a sophisticated and co-ordinated operation carried out by an actor with significant operational capacity, most likely a state actor,” said a statement from the three countries' ambassadors to the UN.
The investigation, which assessed the damage to the four vessels and conducted a chemical analysis of the debris, found it was "highly likely" that limpet mines were used in the attack.
“It appears most likely that the mines were placed on the vessels by divers deployed from fast boats,” the statement said, based on radar data and the short time the targeted vessels had been at anchor before the attacks.
The report, obtained byThe Nationalbelow, pointed to evidence to support the theory that a state was behind the sabotage.
"The attacks required intelligence capabilities for the deliberate selection of four oil tankers among 200 vessels of all types that lay at anchor off Fujairah at the time of the attacks,” it said.
“One of the targets was at the opposite end of the anchorage area from the other ships, which indicates that these were premeditated strikes rather than targets picked at random.
“The attacks likely required the positive identification of these pre-selected targets by the operatives carrying out the attacks.”
The statement said the level of training for the attacks, and the contained nature of it, suggested a state was involved.
“It required training divers," it read.
"The explosive charges were placed with a high degree of precision under the waterline, in ways that were designed to incapacitate the ships without sinking them or detonating their cargoes, indicating minute knowledge of the design of the targeted ships."
The investigation also revealed evidence of a high degree of co-ordination among several teams of operatives, including the timed detonation of all four charges within less than an hour.
"The attacks required expert navigation of fast boats that were able to intrude into UAE territorial waters and to exfiltrate the operatives after delivering the explosive charges,” the statement said.
US National Security Adviser John Bolton has accused Iran’s Revolutionary Guard of being behind the attack, but the initial findings of the UAE-led investigation did not name a specific state.
The report said the investigation would continue and that the three countries would share the preliminary findings with the International Maritime Organisation in London.
"Our investigations are still ongoing," said Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE's permanent representative to the UN.
“到目前为止,他们包括收集的数据通过technical teams, deployment of divers, and chemical analysis in UAE laboratories that is being verified with international partner teams."
Ms Nusseibeh said it was worth noting that all four vessels attacked were close to one of the two channels used to enter and exit the port.
She said the Saudi vessels were among the largest present in the port and that all four ships were deliberately chosen.
"The explosions could have had a catastrophic impact if the perpetrators had desired, suggesting it was a sophisticated attack planned to be contained without widespread destruction," Ms Nusseibeh said.
"The capability of intelligence and training is associated with the special forces of a state.
"It is a violation of state sovereignty, a threat to global maritime and international security. We have enhanced our security measures.
These findings are preliminary, and we will continue to share the results of further investigations with the Security Council."
She said council members who were at the presentation of the statement expressed concern and solidarity with the UAE, Norway and Saudi Arabia.
"The investigation is very technical," Ms Nusseibeh said. "We are looking at the available data and we are analysing it. We are not at the stage of attribution.
"The US has carried out its own investigation but we have not yet seen those findings. There have been conversations at the intelligence and technical level with the US and a number of international partners.
"We are looking for an international response that would safeguard security in the region, the security of commercial shipping and of the global energy supply."
Three Missing After Tanker Blast in Russian Port
June 11, 2019 by Reuters
MOSCOW, June 11 (Reuters) – Three people were missing and two injured on Tuesday after a blast on an oil tanker caused a fire while it was pumping oil in the southern Russian port of Makhachkala, Russia’s Transport Ministry said.
The port is functioning as normal despite the incident, the RIA news agency cited the Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation as saying.
The fire occurred on the VF-Tanker 16 vessel, which is owned by the Volga shipping agency, part of the UCL Holding transport group’s shipping division.
Russian news agencies said the three missing people had been killed
Volga Shipping released the statement below:
(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov and Maxim Rodionov; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Heavens)
You Feel me here? A very suspicious tragedy let alone Chucky's recommend make even more dark.
Lawmaker Wants Navy Ship Named for Senior Chief Killed in Syria
The vessel would be the first named for a female service member killed in action.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumerwants a U.S.Navyship to be named forSenior Chief Cryptologic Technician(Interpretive) Shannon Kent, the Pine Plains, New York, native who spent much of her 15-year military career embedded withspecial operationstroops anddied Jan. 16 in a bombing in Manbij, Syria.
The honor would be the first for the Navy: Of the service's nearly 300 ships, fewer than a dozen are named for women and none commemorate a female service member killed in action.
A talented linguist, intelligence analyst and cryptologist, Kent enlisted in the Navy in 2003, inspired, according to Schumer, by her father and uncle, who同时担任世界贸易的第一反应者Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Kentdeployedfive times, spending her tours serving as a member ofNavy SEALteams and other special operations elements.She spoke Arabic fluently,嫁给了一个绿色贝雷帽和薄是两个孩子的母亲ys. After becoming a mom, she pursued a dream to become an officer, applying for -- and receiving -- a slot in ahighly competitive doctoral program for clinical psychology.
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Kent was killed in a suicide bombing in a busy market area, alongsideArmyChief Warrant Officer 2 Jonathan Farmer;Defense Intelligence Agency officer Scott Wirtz; andGhadir Taher, a Syrian-born interpreterfrom East Point, Georgia.
Since her death, the Navyhaschanged its waiver and appeals processfor commissioning programs, withAdm. William Moran, the service's vice chief of operations,telling her family that "there were many shortcomings in Shannon's case," mainly "fundamental flaws in our waiver and appeal process."
Moran promised a new policy that "will improve the quality, fairness and consistency of the medical waiver process" for all enlisted to officer commissioning programs.
Schumersaid Kent's "groundbreaking achievements," which include breaking barriers in the special operations community and calling attention to issues withNavy policies, deserve to be recognized "in a manner fitting."
He asked that fellow senators support a proposed amendment to the Senate's version of thefiscal 2020 National Defense AuthorizationAct, which the legislative body will take up later this month.
"[Kent] was living proof that women can not only keep up with, but lead this nation's most highly capable service members," Schumer said.
Multiple People Injured After Explosion at Florida Shopping Plaza
Published on Jul 6, 2019
Police and firefighters are investigating an explosion at a Florida shopping plaza that injured multiple people. Live aerials of the aftermath of an explosion at a shopping center in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards across the street. The explosion happened Saturday morning at a shopping center in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards (about 91 meters) across the street. Video and photos posted on social media showed a destroyed business with damaged buildings next to it. Police officer Chavez Grant said there were no known fatalities. The Plantation fire and police departments said on Twitter that the street was closed to traffic. The fire department called it a gas explosion with “multiple patients.”
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Police and firefighters are investigating an explosion at a Florida shopping plaza that injured multiple people. Live aerials of the aftermath of an explosion at a shopping center in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards across the street. The explosion happened Saturday morning at a shopping center in Plantation, west of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County.
The blast sent large pieces of debris about 100 yards (about 91 meters) across the street. Video and photos posted on social media showed a destroyed business with damaged buildings next to it. Police officer Chavez Grant said there were no known fatalities. The Plantation fire and police departments said on Twitter that the street was closed to traffic. The fire department called it a gas explosion with “multiple patients.”
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Translated from Russian byMicrosoft
Norwegian and Russian scientists went to the site of the sinking of the
A bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at Midway International midday Monday, police said.
Police were called to the airport just before 12:20 p.m. Monday after a bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight, said police spokeswoman Karie James.
The bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at the airport.
The police bomb squad was called to the scene, but the scene was being cleared by about 1 p.m.
Police said there was “no public safety threat” and “Airport operations are resuming” about 1 p.m.
Police were called to the airport just before 12:20 p.m. Monday after a bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight, said police spokeswoman Karie James.
The bag exploded while being loaded onto a flight at the airport.
The police bomb squad was called to the scene, but the scene was being cleared by about 1 p.m.
Police said there was “no public safety threat” and “Airport operations are resuming” about 1 p.m.