Iran moving ballistic missiles by boat, US officials say

[TomSea]

Iran moving ballistic missiles by boat, US officials say
By Barbara Starr, CNN Pentagon Correspondent

Updated 1928 GMT (0328 HKT) May 7, 2019

Washington (CNN)Intelligence showing that Iran is likely moving short-range ballistic missiles aboard boats in the Persian Gulf was one of the critical reasons the US decided to move an aircraft carrier strike group and B-52 bombers into the region, according to several US officials with direct knowledge of the situation.

The concerns over the movement of the missiles was one of multiple threads of intelligence from various sources that led the US to believe Iran had a capability and intention to launch strikes against US targets.

On Tuesday US Central Command spokesperson Capt. Bill Urban said they had seen "indications that Iranian and Iranian proxy forces were making preparations to possibly attack US forces in the region."

Read more at: https://edition.cnn.com/2019/05/07/politics/us-iran-transporting-missiles/index.html

The latest development,  why I assume, Pompeo cancelled his trip.

[TomSea]

Fuel smuggling from Iran to Pakistan, really?

https://twitter.com/KrTasleem/status/1125766566853906435

2 minutes + of this unless, I missed a loop.  But is it so much as Iran smuggling with sanctions on? I see a reference to fuel prices being raised in Pakistan.

[Wingnut]

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and the Iranians will be lucky to live through it.

[thackney]

Fuel smuggling from Iran to Pakistan, really?

It has gone on for years (decades?).  The fuel subsidies in Iran drive it.

THE IRANIAN SMUGGLERS TRAFFICKING FUEL INTO PAKISTAN
https://www.wired.com/story/fuel-smugglers-photos/
11.09.17

IN PAKISTAN, A gallon of diesel costs more than $3. In Iran, it's just 34 cents. The math is simple, and it sends droves of poor, Iranian smugglers speeding to the border in beat-up Toyota pickups loaded down with fuel....