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    A pleasant surprise

    Iranian tanker bound for Syria is taken over by British Marines.

    LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) - British Royal Marines seized a giant Iranian oil tanker in Gibraltar on Thursday for trying to take oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions, a dramatic step that drew Tehran’s fury and could escalate its confrontation with the West.

    The Grace 1 tanker was impounded in the British territory on the southern tip of Spain after sailing around Africa, the long route from the Middle East to the mouth of the Mediterranean.

    Iran’s Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador to voice “its very strong objection to the illegal and unacceptable seizure” of its ship. The diplomatic gesture lifted any doubt over Iran’s ownership of the vessel, which flies a Panama flag and is listed as managed by a company in Singapore.
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    Let them starve in the dark.
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    Maybe just getting a little even with them.
    Old redneck hillbilly borned and raised on a redwood stump.

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    Hit everything that comes out of there, let nothing pass. Diplomacy isn't working let's hurt them in the pocket some more!
    This is your mind on drugs!

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