Report: US Forces Raided Ship Headed From China To Iran Last Month - News From Antiwar.com

US Special Operations Forces Board a China-to-Iran Ship in the Indian Ocean

Some operations are designed to make headlines, but this one was built to make deadlines slip, shipments vanish from the ledger, and an assembly line in Iran go quiet weeks later when the missing parts never show. #SOF #China #MSN #Maritimeboarding #SOFREP

Report: US Forces Raided Ship Headed From China To Iran Last Month - News From Antiwar.com

The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that US special operations forces raided a ship last month, several hundred miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, that had departed China and was bound for Iran. The report, which cited unnamed US officials, said that US special operators who boarded the vessel…

U.S. Special Forces Boarded A Ship That Was Traveling From China To Iran

A military cargo has been seized.

US Forces Raided Ship Headed to Iran from China in Indian Ocean

Special operations raid conducted in the Indian Ocean. Military-related components seized and destroyed. The cargo was en route from China to Iran. Last month, a US special operations team intercepted a vessel in the Indian Ocean that was making its way from China to Iran, seizing military-related items, as reported by various media outlets citing US officials, reports Reuters. Cargo Seizure According to one US official, the cargo contained comp…

US commando force intercepts ship en route from China to Iran

The reports describe the unprecedented maritime operation as part of Washington’s efforts to prevent Tehran from rebuilding its weapons capabilities. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, December 11, citing an American source, that a US special operations team boarded the vessel several hundred kilometers off the coast of Sri Lanka. A US official, speaking anonymously to The New York Times on Saturday, December 12, said the seized shipmen…