On July 29th, 2021, a suicide drone attacked an Israeli owned ship the Mercer Street. The attack occurred off of the coast of Oman. The oil tanker was empty. The ship was able to make it to safety with a United States Naval escort.
Various reports indicate the Shahed 136 Drone is the vehicle utilized for the attack.
Israel, along with the United Kingdom and the United States, is convinced Iran is responsible for the attack on the Mercer Street vessel. Israeli Prime Minister Bennett’s comments are noted in the tweet below. His video comments are a little over one minute and worth every second. I don’t understand Hebrew, but I do understand tone and body language. Based on Bennett’s history of a no nonsense approach to the enemies of Israel, I suspect Prime Minister Bennett means business.
The government of the United Kingdom held a special Cobra Meeting per a report from Sky News. A Cobra Meeting is held in only “serious focus” of an issue.
UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab blamed Iran and stated the event as “deliberate, targeted” assault which constituted “a clear violation of international law”.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson indicated Iran will “face up to the consequences”.
Johnson was also quoted, “This was clearly an unacceptable and outrageous attack on commercial shipping, a UK national died.”
https://news.sky.com/story/uk-and-us-blame-iran-for-oil-tanker-attack-which-killed-briton-12370157
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has weighed in on the events. He is confident Iran is responsible for the attack.
“We are in very close contact, in coordination, with the United Kingdom, Israel, Romania and other countries. And there will be a collective response. We have seen a series of actions taken by Iran over many months, including against shipping, so I’m not sure that this particular action is anything new or augurs anything one way or another for the new government. But what it does say is that Iran continues to act with tremendous irresponsibility.” -US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
As of Tuesday, August 3, 2021, Iran will be swearing in their new president Ebrahim Raisi. He is known as the Tehran Butcher. The name was earned as thousands of political prisoners died at the decisions of the “death committee” which he was the leader. Human rights organizations have charged Raisi with “war crimes against humanity.”
Raisi is a fundamental, conservative Shia hardliner. Previously, he was the chief justice of the Iranian judicial system.
Buckle up…
Ezekiel 38:5 Persia, Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shield and helmet…
