Iran, Gulf Closure Plan Finsished

The Country Formerly Known as Persia shows that it's serious about closing the Persian Gulf -

Iran has confirmed that its plan to close the Strait of Hormuz has been finalized and is ready to be put into action as soon as confirmation is received from Supreme Leader Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei, amidst reports that President Obama has earmarked the first week of October for a potential attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

“We have a (contingency) plan for the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, but its implementation requires the decision and order of the commander in chief (the Leader),” Major General Hassan Firouzabadi told reporters.

By now, you should be no stranger to the Gulf strategy as we have covered it here repeatedly, specifically in the Religious War Series where we cover the Iranian response to an Israeli attack -

Phase III - Iranian counterattack against Israeli (Gaza)/US forces closing of gulf (Turkey, Saudi Arabia)

• Will lead to closing of the Straits of Hormuz, 
• Gas up to $7 -10 a gallon
• attacks on our aircraft carriers (I'm guessing they will be placed strategically to get shot up by their new attack boats by being too close to the shores of Iran.) We will most likely lose a Nimitz aircraft carrier.
• Barricade/Mine the Strait of Hormuz. This would be an assertion of Iranian dominance
• Probable Iran attacks Saudi refineries in retaliation for logistical support of the Israeli plan

How?

• Super Sunburn Missiles longer range Shahab 3 and 4. Tor M-29 &; Tor M1 9M330, SCUD-B launchers, At one point Iran possessed possibly 100 missiles
• Shahab-3, a variant of North Korea's No Dong missile. It can be outfitted with high explosives, nuclear devices, EMP's (Electro Magnetic Pulse), and chemical weapons

Like it or not, the Persians are going to fight to win, not to fulfill some semi-strategic UN worshiping world policeman roll like the US. It is my contention that the Iranians realize that by stopping the flow of oil they could possibly bring the US to its knees. This is a ploy that could very well work, especially if they receive the backing of China and Russia.

Of course, if the US is to win it needs to make sure it hits the correct targets -

An American Navy ship fired on a boat in the Persian Gulf today, killing one person and injuring three others aboard the craft, a U.S. naval official told ABC News.

A spokesperson for the Navy's 5th Fleet, which is based in nearby Bahrain, said that a security team aboard the oil supply ship U.S.N.S. Rappahannock fired a .50 caliber machine gun at a "small motor vessel after it disregarded warnings and rapidly approached the U.S. ship" off the coast of Jebel Ali, a city approximately 30 miles from Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

The Navy is investigating the incident as details continue to emerge. A Navy official said the offending vessel was a white pleasure craft, but a UAE official told ABC News it was a fishing boat with four Indians and two Emirates on board. There doesn't appear to be any indication the incident was terror-related, the UAE official said.

I have to admit that I am curious. Is "..it disregarded warnings and rapidly approached the U.S. ship" police speak for 'Man, we really screwed up here. We better paint them as the aggressors so we can continue to protect people!'?

Update: Well, well, well...look at that - 

The fishermen, hospitalized with gunshot wounds after the incident near Dubai's Jebel Ali port, said on Tuesday that they received no warning before the U.S. craft opened fire, and that their craft had attempted to avoid any contact with it.

"We had no warning at all from the ship, we were speeding up to try and go around them and then suddenly we got fired at," 28-year-old Muthu Muniraj told Reuters from hospital, his legs punctured by the rounds of the U.S. craft's .50-caliber gun. 

The US is attempting to mislead, either through the media or the ship that fired. How do we know this? Easy, look at how the US is painting themselves and the victim -

"Non-lethal measures were taken while attempting to signal the vessel," he said, adding that the fishing craft did not respond. "That was when the security team fired rounds from the .50-caliber ... Our ships have an inherent right to self-defense against lethal threats."

and

The United States has been particularly wary of attacks on its ships since two al Qaeda suicide bombers rammed an explosives-laden boat into the USS Cole in 2000, blowing a massive hole in its side and killing 17 U.S. sailors.

That was TWELVE YEARS AGO!

Perhaps the Obama regime was attempting to dust off the old Dick Cheney stage a false-flag attack with fishing boats plan...