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Iran 'seizes British-flagged oil tanker'

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    Iran 'seizes British-flagged oil tanker'

    Iran 'seizes British-flagged oil tanker' - BBC News

    Predictable

    #2
    Originally posted by AtW View Post
    it would be predictable if there were any British-flagged ships left. Where the flick did this one come from?
    See You Next Tuesday

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      #3
      Shaun has been away training to rescue the tanker. He is currently slipping in behind enemy lines with his trusty peeler.....

      Of course Shaun is now the entire UK armed forces.

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        #4
        The only thing "British" about it is the red duster.
        He said the tankers' crews were made up of a range of nationalities but no British citizens were understood to be on board either vessel.

        The Stena Impero sails under the UK flag and is registered in London.
        A second British-owned Liberian-flagged tanker was boarded by armed guards but is now free to continue its journey.
        That one is British under a Liberian flag.

        Last edited by DoctorStrangelove; 20 July 2019, 07:42.
        When the fun stops, STOP.

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          #5
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          Shaun has been away training to rescue the tanker. He is currently slipping in behind enemy lines with his trusty peeler.....

          Of course Shaun is now the entire UK armed forces.
          In hot weather, Spuddy's hand hygiene standards could food poison half the Revolutionary Guard.

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            #6
            Originally posted by AtW View Post
            And well deserved to be honest. Amazing how the media doesn’t emphasise that the Uk seized one of their ships and Iran kept warning them

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              #7
              Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View Post
              And well deserved to be honest. Amazing how the media doesn’t emphasise that the Uk seized one of their ships and Iran kept warning them
              UK was obliged to seize it due to EU sanctions.

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                #8
                Iran 'seizes British-flagged oil tanker'

                Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
                UK was obliged to seize it due to EU sanctions.
                The EU has sanctions on EU trade with Syria, it does not unilaterally impose international sanctions. Iran is not in the EU.

                The US, on the other hand, does. And the U.K. has long been known to be the US’s poodle...

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by meridian View Post
                  The EU has sanctions on EU trade with Syria, it does not unilaterally impose international sanctions. Iran is not in the EU.

                  The US, on the other hand, does. And the U.K. has long been known to be the US’s poodle...
                  So again, the ship was intercepted because of EU sanctions.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by TheGreenBastard View Post
                    So again, the ship was intercepted because of EU sanctions.
                    Again, there are no EU sanctions that say that non-EU countries cannot trade with Syria. The sanctions covered by regulatory action by the EU cover economic operators within the EU member states.

                    https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ...01:0032:EN:PDF

                    Perhaps, though, if you want to continue with this fallacy, you could produce an alternative regulation?

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