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Iranian Warship Surrenders to Sri Lankans, First Time Ship Interned By Neutral Nation Since Second World War
Iranian Ship Surrenders, First Time Neutrals Intern Warship Since WW2
Iranian Navy ship handed over to the Sri Lankan government, saving the lives of the crew hours after another warship was sunk by the USN.
www.breitbart.com
The captain of a ship of the Iranian Navy has handed his vessel over to the Sri Lankan government, a neutral party, for internment, saving the lives of his crew hours after another Iranian warship was destroyed nearby by the United States Navy.
Sri Lanka (Ceylon) has assumed control of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ship (IRIS) Bushehr, a fleet supply ship (oiler). Sri Lanka has sent craft to receive the 1970s-era ship within its territorial waters and, per local media, has taken off 208 officers and men, who are to be sent ashore. The ship will now be taken by the Sri Lankans to Trincomalee for internment for the duration of hostilities.
he Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said his government had selected the historic port of Trincomalee due to the risk of disruption to maritime traffic by the presence of the inactive warship, so they wished to keep it away from the country’s primary commercial port, Colombo. The Times of India reports Dissanayake said: “we are not taking sides in this conflict, but while maintaining our neutrality we are taking action to save lives.”
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The fact the ship has been handed over to the Sri Lankan authorities so quickly strongly suggests the captain took the decision to preserve the life of his men by opting out of the conflict.
Had Sri Lanka not interned the ship within 24 hours, or compelled the Iranians to leave their territory, the United States would have been free to sink the ship, even inside Sri Lankan territorial waters or harbours. The International Red Cross states on this subject:
It is generally accepted that if belligerent forces enter neutral territory and the neutral authority is unable or unwilling to expel or intern them, the adverse party is entitled to undertake their hot pursuit and attack them there. It may even seek compensation from the neutral State for this breach of neutrality. The mere presence of belligerent forces does not justify hot pursuit, there must be some failure by the neutral State to uphold its neutrality.
~Snip~The internment of the IRIS Bushehr follows by a day the destruction of the Iranian frigate IRIS DENA in international waters to the south of Sri Lanka. The first sinking of an enemy ship by a United States submarine since the Second World War and the first officially acknowledged such sinking anywhere since 1982, the U.S. Department of War published periscope footage of the moment of destruction.
Commentary:
In the coming days, expect a lot more smart Iranians to figure a way to get out of the war. Iran's military has only two choices, surrender OR DIE!
Smart move the US boat that sunk the ship yesterday is not out of torpedo's and any thing that floats bigger than a
can is a target.They've been defecting since the beginning of the protests; just has not been as well reported. The IRGC is WEAK and they have lost a good number of people due to defections. They only are in it because they're afraid for their families - they recruit them as teenagers who join after the IRGC threatens to kill their siblings and parents. The IRGC are a group of evil, bloodsucking, cannibalistic sadistic killers.
Let's be honest. The Iranian ship's captain knew that he couldn't fight the US navy, he couldn't outrun the US Navy, best thing to do is intern his ship.
I remember the German Graf Spee thought it could do the same thing in Montevideo.
Despite the gloom and doom coming from Democrats, Trump's moves against Iran have proven to be spectacular.
The death throes of Iran show that the 'war' is over but for the shouts coming from the die hearts in Iran.
You have to certainly question the ulterior motives of Democrats and their thirst to destroy America and the Constitution.
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