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Iranians plan oil spill to block Hormuz strait

Reuters -- Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief has drafted a plan to cause an environmental disaster in the Strait of Hormuz to block seaborne oil exports with the goal of removing economic sanctions imposed on Tehran, the weekly Der Spiegel said in an unsourced report.

There was no independent confirmation of the report.

The German newsmagazine reported that Mohammad Ali Jafari's plan, codenamed "Muddy Water", envisages the Iranians steering a tanker onto the rocks in the Strait, the world's most important oil shipping waterway.

"The aim is to block shipping temporarily through the contamination, to 'punish' adjacent Arab states that are hostile to Iran and to force the West to take part in a large-scale cleanup of the waters - and possibly thereby a suspension of sanctions against Tehran,"

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been talking / threatening to do that for a while...
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Very good article as usual, thanks for posting!
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Thank you for posting.
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Why is this not surprising?
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Iran doesn't think this would generate hard feelings with most of the rest of the world?
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Ok
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starting WIII?
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Iranians plan oil spill to block Hormuz strait? Those wild and crazy Iraninans are at it again, what will they think of next! They are not busy pumping or exporting oil so they can dream up these outrageous and out in left field plans to get back at the west. Has Fred been over there giving them ideas on what to do?
Oil spill? Burn the crude oil as it flows out of the tanker. And turn the sand to glass and be done with them.
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Iran is BEGGING to get its nose shot off.
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If Iran does that they are going to make all of countries affected by the oil spill very mad.
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Stoopid...
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NOT
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Hopefully, the US will not clean up their mess...
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Lots of hot air coming out of Iran. Maybe they should bottle that and sell it.
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Drafted a plan? To cause an environmental disaster?? Are you f&^ing serious?! People like this should never EVER has any power or be allowed to make decisions that effect others. Infact, remove them from authority right now!!!
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IDIOTS
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Sounds like a big mess!
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They are a problem!
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Nothing would surprise me coming from Iran & Auckmed Imanutjob.
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Time to wipe out the Iranians who drafted this crazy plan.
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Think they would try anything?
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like i said all the other countries should build there own canal around that country and then they could ship all they want and shut iran off completely til they learn to respect the rest of the known world. come one world we can do it and do it right now. : )
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Religion of peace huh?
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With our current president in office, Iran can get away with anything they want.

[Edited by: Alaydown at 10/17/2012 12:11:04 AM EST]
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The environmental equivalent of a nuclear blast...we've got to stop this regime!
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This is ridiculous.
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Typical of terrorists. And nothing that we'll do will stop them either.
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This is sick...
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Take 'me out now before it gets out of hand
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they have too much oil
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We are headed for a problem.
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Hello, lets find something else to run our stupid cars on...duh
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another Country that just does'nt get it.....
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More confirmation of how "dense" the radicals in Iran are and all the more reason for a regime change in that country...
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let's go start another war!!! Or we could just start using cng in our cars and get away from oil in fast order - let them drink the stuff when it is cheaper than wheat - STOP SUPPORTING PUTIN AND THE TERRORISTS FOLKS
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couple cruise missles please
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domestic oil!
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They are dumber than first thought.
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That's why we need to drill here and stop buying from them
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Not too bright.
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Send in the drones!
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I would not put it past them.
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Let's just toss a bit of plutonium over that oil, shall we?
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...someone needs to touch it off just as they're spilling it...and apply HARSHER sanctions...

[Edited by: Pozole at 10/16/2012 11:40:51 PM EST]
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BLOW, BLOW, BLOW!
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Here we go again
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bombs away
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But Mr. Obama was going to change they way they act by talking to them. I guess they don't care about global warming, environmental damage, etc.
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low level war methods
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