The Japanese operator ship operator of one of two oil tankers attacked near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday said that sailors on board its vessel, the Kokuka Courageous, saw "flying objects" just before the attack, suggesting the tanker wasn't damaged by mines.
That account contradicts what the U.S. military has said as it released a video it says shows Iranian forces removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the two ships in the suspected attack.
Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, Yutaka Katada, president of Kokuka Sangyo Co, said he believes the flying objects seen by the sailors could be bullets, and denied possibility of mines or torpedoes because the damages were above the ship's waterline. He called reports of mine attack "false."
Iran secretly stuck mines to three ships, two of the mines exploded, but with the 3rd ship the Iranians went back and removed the unexploded mine afterwards, all while being secretly videoed.
That's the narrative we're meant to believe?
Josiah Watson
* and also They did this to Japanese ships, during an historic summit where Abe was on a diplomatic mission which would only be beneficial for Iran.
Aaron Flores
Is that supposed to be less logical than your alternative narrative about low flying anti-ship missile that did diddly squat damage? I though Iranian anti-ship missiles were super scary carrier killers, what happened?
Mason Kelly
They were magnetic mines as far as I know. And the video was captured by a US mil plane flying like 100 nautical miles away from the incident site. Do you know how far that is? I bet you can't even see 100 meters ahead of you. And like India bro said, Japs are lying.
Austin Lopez
and no one notices speed boats coming close and placing stuff, sure.
Landon Morgan
Maybe it wasn't a missle. Or a missile without much in it.
Still doesn't make that narrative coming from the MSM make sense.
Hey, when a PM visits your country for the first time in decades to talk about peace and oil trade, and you desperately need to sell oil, it only makes sense to randomly blow up tankers from his nation. That way they will buy more oil.
Hudson Fisher
frying objec ariens prane missrl
Connor Stewart
The MSM is saying it was the 'Iranian revolutionary guard'
Yeah, just like when Assad 'gassed' people repeatedly too.
Easton Wright
Bullets from a ships turret not a gun you nigger.
Carter Campbell
>Trumps False Flag yeah, no
Jackson Russell
ATTACK FROM OUTER SPACE
THE PINBALL GAME WAS RIGHT
Austin Barnes
this is just like that time when assad had several major victories against isis and was close to finishing them off so he just went and gassed another village and dropped more barrel bombs on hospitals
Did they see the flying objects hit the ship? Did they just see flying objects in the air?
There'll be evidence left over inside the ship if a missile or drone hit at least one of them.
Cameron Bennett
>Americans have grainy video proof Sounds legit.
Just like the videos of Osama bin laden with the audio removed and subtitles added
Andrew Rodriguez
Is this the most obvious false flag in history?
Gavin Ward
I don't hate Iranian Muslims though. I do not hate Iran at all. I am just saying Truth is Truth, someone placed mines on side of the ship ..just outside Iran-international water boundary. All the ship wrecked sailors were taken to Iran. Iran controls that section of the sea.
And if it was mines why does the Japanese guy say it wasn't? He was there.
Jaxson Lopez
"From a ships turret" "Minimal damage to the ship"
Pick one, faggot.
Aaron James
>all these glowniggers on Jow Forums trying to make Iran seem like the bad guy it's obviously a false flag, fuck off you retards
Lucas Evans
I think the owner was not there. The sailors reported to the owner who is back in Japan. I believe Japan wants to give Iran a second chance at peace.
Gavin Nelson
Israel trying to force America's hand.
Noah Stewart
Either way Iran is not batshit insane. That's the narrative that's getting pushed here, they did it with Assad too. Acting like he's this madman... They always push this stuff.
You know Pompeo was blaming Iran within hours of the ships being damaged. There was no investigation, and that was before this 'video' even surfaced. So that tells you they're being dishonest with it straight away.
Lucas Reed
Operator of tanker says sailors saw "Unidentified Flying Objects" just before attacks.
Damn the Alien Greys.
William Wilson
All that has to happen would mean there's a missile, or a bullet in existance that could be fired at a ship and do the equivilent damage seen in the pics.
Doesn't seem hard to believe, there's a lot of explosive rounds out there.
Robert Bennett
Nice try Aquafresh, but I use Colgate
Mason Lee
Ayyy
Kevin Allen
for you
Nolan Jenkins
Harpoon missile fired from an Israeli Dolphin-class sub
A missile would do more damage and a bullet wouldn't do enough. Alongside that, they'd have to have a ship turret that can fire two separate rounds accurately. I'm not sure if you've seen a ship turret, but they fire a lot more than two rounds.
Nathan Nguyen
Damage would be far greater
Jose Ross
You're kidding yourself if you think you have any idea of the truth in this case. You just believe what you want to believe. And that, my friend, makes you a "retard". When you grow up, you hopefully keep that in mind and develop a more critical thought process. None of us knows what happened in this case. It is extremely easy to spin the known facts in a number of ways.
How does that contradict the official story? The Norwegian ship was the one attacked by anti-ship missiles, the Japanese one was attacked by Limpet mines, it could have been both.
Isaiah Roberts
The US won't go to war with Iran, dude. Iran knows this too. They easily have motives to meddle in the strait. Doesn't mean they're behind the attack, but they easily could be and it wouldn't make them "insane". This is still a relatively minor attack, comparable to vandalism or other mischief on that level.
Asher Garcia
Sloppy job Mossad
Easton Ortiz
Is everyone gonna forget how Iraq and Iran were at war in the 80's and they targeted each others shiping? Iraq had air power, but Iran used sea mines to target ships.
Wyatt Robinson
There isn't enough scorching for it to have been a missile. Do you know what a missile does to a ship? Look up the HMS Sheffield. Also, remember that this was a heavily armored destroyer. Imagine what it would have done to an unarmored oil tanker.
Nathaniel James
Railgun bullets.
Carson Bennett
American blimps
Nathan Hernandez
That depends entirely on where it hits and what the payload is. A missile is just a vehicle to carry a warhead. What you put in that warhead can vary. You really think Mossad isn't capable of reverse-engineering one of their own missiles to make it less-lethal?
Nathan Cruz
Yes
Dylan Lopez
I'm more inclined the Japanese because they aren't the US Government or the Israeli Government. No one in their right mind would attack a freighter like this in the middle of peace negotiations, only the US and Israel have something to gain from such an act. They want war with Iran. Why the hell would Iran risk conflict with the Japanese or the US over something this petty? The official account just doesn't make any logical sense.
Trump is so obvious with his coup attempts, regime change, and false flags, he’s probably the worst imperialist President, despite being a firm believer in it
Jonathan Ward
yeah dude, they totally saw a bullet going 5 times the speed of sound
Bentley Mitchell
Can confirm. People here think Trump did it. Based Nips are intelligent and discerning. Jew lies might fool stupid goyims but here everyone understands that America and it’s Israeli and Saudi allies are the most duplicitous cunts on the planet and have zero credibility. That being said, I think the Iranians are playing 4d chess and did actually did it. What s Trump gonna do? Start another war America can’t win? Shut down the oil supply from the gulf? Enrage all the Europeans and Asian allies by being a total fucking idiot? America can’t start a war. Industrial civilisation would collapse. Iran knows this. And because the American plan for them is eradication as a political and Cultural entity, they have nothing to lose. Trump overplayed his hand. We are all gonna die. The dindu apocalypse is coming. But Japan should be ok
Drones. On the Kokaku, one payload delivery drone which probably perched to simulate a limpet mine, plus a second recon drone also with perch loiter (magnets? superglue?) that didn't die or fall off in the explosion but instead got damaged, couldn't leave and then captured by IRGC
tl;dr a bunch of Iranian spook tech people are currently examining at a rather unusual glownigger drone, trying to exactly determine its provenance. This being an unexpected gift from some the deeper of the deep state capabilities.
Carson Perry
>That account contradicts what the U.S. military has said sloppy job mussad!
Easton Flores
>plane flying by and conveniently having a camera pointing at the exact spot. >all the rescued sailors, 20+, confirmed that they all saw something flying. who should be believed, sailors on the boat itself or video that can be doctored
Adrian Parker
Based. Turn the US occupation forces in your country into logs please.
Christian Edwards
Nobody buys it except Jewish Owned newspapers and Jews
Yes he is, liar >The drumbeat of war between the United States and Iran grew louder on Friday as President Donald Trump flatly rejected Tehran’s insistence that it had nothing to do with a pair of oil tanker explosions this week.
>“We don’t take it lightly,” Trump said on “Fox & Friends.” “They are a nation of terror and they've changed a lot since I've been president, I can tell you. They were unstoppable and now they are in deep, deep trouble.”
