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  • Iran Seizes South Korean Tanker

    Iran Seizes South Korean Tanker

    This CCTV image shows the moment the South Korean-flagged oil tanker MT Hankuk Chem was captured by an Iranian Revolutionary Guards speedboat (in the red circle) in the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz on Jan. 4, 2021, over the ship’s alleged oil pollution. The ship’s operator denied the allegations. (Yonhap)

    Some time yesterday, Iranian naval forces boarded and seized the South Korean flagged Hankuk Chemi, a chemical tanker. The vessel, which was traveling from Saudi Arabia to the United Arab Emirates, was carrying 20 crew members — five South Koreans, 11 Myanmarese, two Indonesians and two Vietnamese.

    The official Iranian line is that the tanker was polluting Iranian waters, but the tankers operators deny this. Most international experts agree that the seizure is an attempt by the ayatollahs to pressure the ROK to release some $7 billion dollars being held by South Korea as part of the US sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

    This 2019 file photo shows the South Korean destroyer Choi Young. South Korea said on Jan. 5, 2021, that it is sending the anti-piracy Cheonghae Unit aboard the warship to waters near the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian naval forces seized a South Korean-flagged tanker, the MT Hankuk Chemi, for alleged environmental pollution in the Persian Gulf the previous day.

    South Korea have deployed their elite anti-piracy units to the gulf region in response. “The Cheonghae Unit arrived in waters near the Hormuz Strait earlier in the day. It is carrying out missions to ensure the safety of our nationals,” ministry spokesperson Boo Seung-chan told a regular briefing. The ministry refused to give details, but officials stressed that the unit is not taking military actions for the release.

    On the diplomatic front, the South Korean government summoned the Iranian ambassador and call for the immediate release of the tanker. It was announced earlier today that a delegation headed by Koh Kyung-sok, director-general of the ministry’s African and Middle Eastern affairs, was headed to Tehran to pursue a diplomatic solution to the seizure.

    The Hankuk Chemi is an oil/chemical tanker laid down in 2000 by Fukuoka Shipbuilding, Fukuoka, Japan. She has a Gross tonnage of 9797 tons and a Deadweight of 17427 tons.

  • The View from Here

    The View from Here

    Featured image is of Green Lake, Green lakes state park, Fayetteville, New York.

    There’s an environmental disaster in the making off the coast of Yemen. A derelict 1180′ oil tanker, with 1.1 million barrels of crude oil aboard, has been left to decay since the start of the Yemeni civil war. The SFO Safer, moored off of Houthi rebel controlled land, hasn’t been maintained for over five years, causing damage to the pipelines and increasing the risk of sinking. Rust has covered parts of the tanker, and the inert gas that prevents the tanks from gathering inflammable gases has leaked out. The tanker is moored near one of the richest fishing grounds in the region. Any leaks could put that fishery at risk.

    Staying in the Middle East, Iran is in the middle of an outbreak of unexplained fires and explosions. The latest is a fire at a shipyard in Bushehr, in southern Iran. Over the last several weeks, explosions at a nuclear enrichment complex, a missile production factory, and a gas pipeline in an apartment building in Tehran have raised eyebrows. These mysterious incidents occur as Iranians are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the theocratic regime in Tehran.

    An Appeals Court has temporarily blocked enforcement of a lower courts ruling about the Dakota Access Pipeline. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg made the initial move to halt the DAPL, ordering the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in March to complete an Environmental Impact Statement on the pipeline, which could take upward of 13 months to complete. The order from Boasberg would have required Energy Transfer, the company behind the project, to completely drain the pipeline while the EIS was completed.

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    Moderna, one of several companies working on a vaccine for the WuFlu, has reported better than expected results for the phase one trials of it’s candidate. The participants were split into three groups of 15 to test doses of 25 micrograms, 100 micrograms and 250 micrograms. They were given a second dose of the same amount 28 days later. After the first round, antibody levels were found to be higher with higher doses. After the second round, participants had higher levels of antibodies than most patients who have had Covid-19 and gone on to generate their own antibodies.

    Dr. Ronny Jackson won a Republican primary run-off race Tuesday night. If that name sounds familiar it is because he is a former White House physician who served at the White House from 2006 to 2018. He served as the president’s physician from 2013 to 2018. He is a retired United States Navy rear admiral. Now he lives in Texas’ 13th District and very likely headed to serving as a member of the House of Representatives in the seat now occupied by retiring Rep. Mac Thornberry.

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