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Malaysian rescuers are searching for three missing crew members from oil tanker that caught fire off country's southern coast; ship linked to Iran
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Malaysian rescuers on Tuesday were searching for three missing crew members from an oil tanker that caught fire off the country’s southern coast. Thick, black smoke engulfed the Gabon-flagged ship when the fire broke out on Monday during its journey from China to Singapore, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) said in a statement. Singaporean authorities identified the ship as the MT Pablo. The fire was extinguished and the vessel was afloat with no danger to passing ships, a Malaysian official told AFP. Two nearby ships and a maritime agency boat rescued 25 members of the MT Pablo’s crew, MMEA official Nurul Hizam Zakaria told local newspaper The Star. "The search is now focused on finding the remaining three crew members," he was quoted as saying by the paper. The cause of the incident is under investigation, the MMEA said. An oil tanker that caught fire off the coast of Malaysia has been linked to Iran  ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate and is thought to have been used to avoid sanctions. The Pablo is an Aframax class tanker and has gone through several name changes and registrations over the last two years. Some crewmen are reportedly missing. Posted by: Fred 2023-05-03 |
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