Interview · moment 28 of 31
The Torpedoed Iranian Ship: A Naval War Crime Near Sri Lanka
from Emergency Podcast: Iran, Israel, & Imminent Destruction | The Tim Dillon Show #486 · #486
4 min
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Grim details a disturbing incident where a US nuclear submarine allegedly torpedoed an Iranian ship near Sri Lanka after a joint naval exercise, killing over 80 sailors, with no rescue attempt made in violation of the Geneva Convention, and explores the diplomatic fallout for India.
- India projects hegemony over the Indian Ocean and hosts a biennial naval festival.
- Seventy countries including Iran and the US sent ships to the festival and conducted live fire drills from February 17th to 26th, ending 36 hours before the war started.
- The US participated in one of two festivals with Iranian ships as part of a peace protocol limiting ammunition to what's needed for exercises.
- The Iranian ship was held at a Sri Lankan port for 11 hours, allegedly allowing a nuclear submarine to catch up to it.
- India is speculating that the US exploited their joint intelligence network to locate the Iranian ship's exact position.
- International law and the Geneva Convention require rescue of drowning sailors, yet the US posted a video caption mocking the sunken ship.
- The Nazis were prosecuted at Nuremberg for failing to rescue drowning sailors, a standard the US is now below.
- Sri Lanka's navy rescued 32 people, but more than 80 Iranian sailors died in the attack.
- The Indian government is under enormous pressure as this incident undermines their naval authority in the Indian Ocean.
- Trump lifted sanctions on Russian oil sold to India, a reversal from months ago when he threatened 25 to 50 percent tariffs over the same purchases.
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