Eagle S, the Russia-linked tanker suspected of damaging an underwater electricity cable on Christmas Day, was kitted out with special transmitting and receiving devices that were used to monitor naval activity, according to a source with direct involvement in the ship, which has since been detained by Finnish police
  • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I didn’t get that from the article but they’ve been a bitch of a member. Always causing problems. I fear they’ll do the same if they join the EU. But maybe better kept in the corral than running wild across the pasture so to speak.

    Edit to add- they disgust me by using the unstable situation in Syria to further attack the Kurdish people and the Kurdish-led multi-ethnic free democratic communities of North and East Syria. Rojava has been an amazingly resilient force for good and equitable democracy in the region. It’s a place where a woman could flee from ISIS slavery and have all their needs met, even if one of those needs is “give me a gun, I’m going to kill those motherfuckers”.

    Turkey has been supplying and paying rebel groups opposed to these ideals because its autocratic government considers every Kurd a terrorist. They have been attacking wonderful accepting helpful people, using the Syrian revolution as cover.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
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      2 days ago

      They said listening and recording equipment was brought on to the 20-year-old tanker via “huge portable suitcases” along with “many laptops” that had keyboards for Turkish and Russian languages when calling at Türkiye and Russia.

      And

      “Russians, Turkish, Indian radio officers were operating it.”

      Does this not imply that that they were used by both Turkey and Russia?

      • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Possibly, I wouldn’t guarantee it though. It’s like a pirate ship interfacing with a criminal organization. Just because some of them were Indian should we indict the government of India as well?

        Perhaps I’m erring on the side of caution. I hate the government of Turkiye. I hate the government of Russia. I also hate the government of India although maybe they’re not as fascist?

        Hell I hate my own government so fuck it maybe the US outfitted a Greenland shark with diamond blade carbon steel teeth 100 years ago and just activated the beacon to destroy the lines instead of just gnaw on them.