VOA: Iranian Naval Passage Through Atlantic Prompts US Concern
PANAMA CITY, PANAMA - Two Iranian naval ships that entered the Atlantic earlier this month are traveling north up the west coast of Africa, a top admiral confirmed to VOA.
The United States is monitoring the ships’ movements from their current location off Senegal amid concerns Iran could be preparing for an arms transfer in the Western Hemisphere.
“We’re aware that there are two Iranian naval vessels transiting north in the Atlantic,” U.S. Southern Command chief Adm. Craig Faller told VOA in an exclusive interview late Thursday at the close of the 2021 Central American Security Conference in Panama.
Iran’s state TV reported on June 10 that the Sahand, an Iranian warship, and the intelligence-gathering vessel Makran had rounded South Africa’s Cape of Good Hope and entered the Atlantic Ocean.
The report did not identify the ships’ final destination.
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WNU Editor: Iran has still not made a public announcement on where these ships are going. The ships are also taking their time on where they are going.
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If the US is "tracking" two of these ships, there's likely dozens operating out there that US (un)intelligence has no idea even exist. The fact that these ships are taking their time suggests that they are decoys deliberately set in motion to distract. At this point, it appears US (un)intelligence has taken the bait.
In some ways this isn't the fault of US (un)intelligence services. Many of them ended up in positions beyond their level of competence and have no real guidance from leadership. Making matters worse resources are being diverted away from real threats to fight a non existent phantom known as "white supremacy."
With that said I'm not really worried about the Iranians. The Israelis are keeping close tabs on them and they will act accordingly. For obvious reasons they aren't going to tell our leadership class what they know.
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