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New US photos incriminate Iran in tanker attack

One image shows ‘remnants of magnetic attachment device of unexploded limpet mine’

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A U.S. military image released by the Pentagon in Washington on June 17, which is says was taken from a U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter in the Gulf of Oman in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran on June 13, shows personnel that the Pentagon says are members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy removing an unexploded limpet mine from the M/T Kokuka Courageous, a Japanese owned commercial motor tanker.
A U.S. military image released by the Pentagon in Washington on June 17, which is says was taken from a U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter in the Gulf of Oman in waters between Gulf Arab states and Iran on June 13, shows personnel that the Pentagon says are members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy removing an unexploded limpet mine from the M/T Kokuka Courageous, a Japanese owned commercial motor tanker.
Reuters

Washington: The United States military on Monday released new photos incriminating Iran in last week’s attacks on oil tankers in Gulf waters.

One of the photos shows what the Pentagon described as “the remnants of the magnetic attachment device of (an) unexploded limpet mine” placed on one of the tankers. The US says an Iranian patrol boat removed the mine.

“Iran is responsible for the attack based on video evidence and the resources and proficiency needed to quickly remove the unexploded limpet mine,” the Pentagon said in a statement accompanying the pictures.

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