July 2021 Gulf of Oman incident
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
 MV Mercer Street, the ship involved. | |
| Date | 29 July 2021 |
|---|---|
| Participants | Israel, Iran, Japan, Liberia, Oman, Tanzania, UAE, UK, USA |
| Perpetrators | Iran?, Israel? |
| Blamed on | Iran |
| Type |  “Terrorism” |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured (non-fatal) | Unknown"Unknown" is not a number. |
| Interests | Foreign policy |
| Description | Incident in July 2021 |
29 July 2021, the oil tanker MV Mercer Street, travelling from Tanzania to the United Arab Emirates with no cargo onboard, was "drone attacked" off the coast of Oman. The ship is flagged in Liberia. It is Japanese-owned and managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime, an international ship management company headquartered in London and led by billionaire shipping magnate Eyal Ofer, who is an Israeli citizen.
The ship sustained damage to its bridge.
Yair Lapid and Dominic Raab blamed Iran.
Deaths
The Romanian captain, and a British bodyguard.[1]
On 4 August, the British bodyguard was named as Adrian Underwood, who was working for a Hereford-based company, Ambrey, when he was killed.[2]
Known Participants
All 9 of the participants already have pages here:
| Participant | Description |
|---|---|
| Iran | Iran possesses the 4th largest oil reserves of any nation state. |
| Israel | Only country in the world to be founded, led and designated by and for Jewish people after the Holocaust. Zionists achieved this with forms of land grabbing, apartheid and murder of Palestinians, but saying that is apparently.... antisemitic... |
| Japan | A populous country in East Asia. People are traditionally extremely law abiding by European standards. |
| Liberia | The only state in Africa never subjected to colonial rule and Africa's oldest republic. |
| Oman | The oldest independent state in the Arab world. |
| Tanzania | Former UK colony in East Africa. The president, John Magufuli, who in 2020 resisted WHO pressure to institute a COVID lockdown, died in 2021. |
| UK | The biggest Island in Europe. It was a world power with massive influence for over 4 centuries. |
| US | The United States is the single biggest military spender in the world, with a higher 2020 expenditure than the next ten countries combined. Its infrastructure has been described to be in disrepair since the late 1980s. |
| United Arab Emirates | The United Arab Emirates has the 7th largest oil reserves of any nation state. |
The Official Culprit
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Iran | Iran possesses the 4th largest oil reserves of any nation state. |
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.
