GLOBAL WAR CLOSER TO GOA!By Olav Albuquerque

GLOBAL WAR CLOSER TO GOA!By Olav Albuquerque

Mar 07- Mar 13, 2026, War

AN UNDECLARED World War III has come right to our doorstep in India with the US torpedoing an Iranian naval vessel in international waters, off the coast of Sri Lanka, a few thousand nautical miles off the Goa coast. One can argue that this will not affect Goa.
Conversely, with its coastline of 160 kms (99 miles) with roughly 55 kms of beach length, it would be naïve to assume that no enemy submarine could intrude off the Goa coast to keep the Indian Naval base at Karwar under surveillance. Chinese submarines have already entered the Mumbai Port Trust and Chinese visitors were busy clicking photographs of the Colaba docks which earlier had a submarine pen before the entire yard was shifted to Karwar.
The US submarine unleashed the torpedo on the Iranian warship in international waters, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said, marking the first time since World War II that an American submarine had attacked a surface vessel.
The point is without declaring a war on Iran, the US Navy is flouting international law, because the Iranian warship was not engaged in acts of hostility against the US nor was it intending to attack any US vessel. It might have had basic weapons which were not a threat to any country. But the US with its naval superiority is accountable to no nation but itself. And what Donald Trump wants to achieve, he can do so by flouting international law. He can flout domestic laws like he did by by inciting citizens to attack Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021 — by repeating false claims about the 2020 presidential elections.

NO RESPECT FOR LAW
DONALD Trump does not respect law but uses it as a paw to grab power, stick to power, and annihilate those who stand up to him, women or men. His use and abuse peccadilloes with young women are too well known to be repeated. Like an overgrown teenager, he has made a nuisance of himself to certain women who have been cajoled into silence and now he emerges as a big bully in the international arena.
The Iranian frigate — IRIS Dena — a Moudge-class vessel of the Iranian Navy’s Southern Fleet, had recently taken part in multinational naval engagements including the International Fleet Review and the MILAN exercise hosted by India in Visakhapatnam, before embarking on its return voyage.
Shortly after issuing a distress call just after dawn, the ship was struck by a torpedo fired from a US fast-attack submarine, according to a Pentagon briefing led by US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.
In remarks quoted by the international media, Hegseth described the event as a “quiet death,” emphasising the historical nature of the engagement as the first submarine torpedo sinking by the US in combat since WWII. He indicated the strike was directed against a legitimate military target in the context of the broader conflict, though he offered limited detail on the specific strategic rationale.
This proves that Donald Trump, who our Prime Minister Narendra Modi claims is his close friend, sees himself as a modern “Rambo” with the intention to win at all costs, irrespective of cost and consequence to other countries unwillingly drawn into the conflict.
Sri Lankan authorities said the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena sank on Wednesday, March 4 off the coast of Sri Lanka, with 32 sailors rescued and more than 100 missing or dead. Eighty-six corpses of sailors were brought to Sri Lanka by its navy which refused to permit telecasting of these exclusive videos and photos. The corpses, wrapped in white

108 CREW DIE ON IRAN SHIP
THE ship signaled early Wednesday that it was in distress and requested assistance. This was what Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath told lawmakers in parliament. He didn’t give details of how the vessel, which had 180 sailors on board, sank.
Navy spokesman Buddhika Sampath said rescued crew members were taken to a hospital in the southern Galle district. Sri Lankan Navy found an oil patch and life rafts upon arrival at the location, he added.
The Iranian warship, which was returning from naval exercises in India, carried about 180 sailors, of whom 87 bodies have been recovered, 32 were rescued and dozens remain missing, according to Sri Lankan authorities.
US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth acknowledged that US carried out the strike, calling it the first time an American submarine has sunk an enemy ship with a torpedo since World War II, a development that significantly broadens the geographical scope of the Middle East conflict to the Indian Ocean. The incident has raised grave concerns about regional stability, maritime safety, and international law.

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