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| Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize tanker in Strait of Hormuz, for 2nd time in a week |
| 2023-05-04 |
| [israelTimes] US Navy releases video from capture of Panamanian-flagged ship, says IRGC’s harassment of vessels ’contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stability’ Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard seized a Panamanian-flagged oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, the second such capture by Tehran in under a week amid heightened tensions over its nuclear program. The taking of the oil tanker Niovi renewed concerns about Iran |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 So you guys don't think we should re-flag tankers again like Operation Earnest Will? |
| Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert 2023-05-04 12:49 |
| #2 The US isn't so worried about this anymore. We are pretty much self sufficient energy wise and can get any more we need from the Americas. China on the other hands gets most of its imported oil from this area. And they don't have a fleet that can sail that far. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2023-05-04 12:08 |
| #1 Blinken will be winking and blinking over this. Biden will require a fresh attends. Strait of Hormuz ideal choke point. |
| Posted by: Dale 2023-05-04 03:47 |