The oil tanker is not a military vessel, but such distinctions are unimportant to the mullahs, who likely see all Israelis as enemy combatants.
Meanwhile, they frame their attack as revenge because by framing it as defensive jihad against an infidel attack, they remind the knowledgeable and devout that according to Islamic theology, all Muslims are required to join in the fight.
“Iran says ‘suicide’ drone attack on oil tanker that killed British army veteran was in retaliation for Israeli airstrike on military airport in Syria,” by Chris Jewers, MailOnline, July 31, 2021:
Iran has reportedly said the ‘suicide drone’ attack on an oil tanker, which killed two people, was in retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on a military airport in Syria.
Two members of the crew, a Briton and a Romanian, died on Thursday off the coast of Oman when a MV Mercer Street oil tanker was attacked by an armed drone believed to be operated by Iran.
Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid blamed ‘Iranian terrorism’ for the attack, while a US official said the use of a ‘suicide drone’ raised the possibility a government was behind the incident.
But Iranian state media has claimed the incident was in retaliation for an airstrike on a Syrian military airport, which it accused Israel of being behind, according to CNN.
The Syrian regime is backed by Iranian forces and some countries blamed Iran for the incident amid the unravelling of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers.
No Iranian officials have yet formally commented on the incident and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the raid.
Speaking of Friday, Israeli foreign minister Yair Lapid blamed ‘Iranian terrorism’ for the attack, saying Tehran is ‘sowing violence and destruction.’
The Islamic Republic ‘is not only Israel’s problem, but it is the world’s problem. Its behaviour threatens the freedom of navigation and global commerce’, he added.
A US official said it appeared a ‘suicide drone’ was used in the incident, raising the possibility that a government or a militia group was behind the incident.
Analysts said the attack bore all the hallmarks of tit-for-tat exchanges in the ‘shadow war’ between Israel and Iran, in which vessels linked to each nation have been targeted in waters around the Gulf….
John says
In simple words, ISLAM is the World’s problem. A Barbaric Political Totalitarian Ideology of male SAVAGES. And Western Governments with their ISLOMPHILIA are Killing their Citizens.
gravenimage says
Iran says jihad ‘suicide drone’ on oil tanker was revenge for Israeli airstrike on military airport in Syria
The oil tanker is not a military vessel, but such distinctions are unimportant to the mullahs, who likely see all Israelis as enemy combatants.
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Muslims consider all Infidels–especially Jews–to be fair game for murder.
And Iran is much emboldened with Biden in office in the US.