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Avatar of Vengeance@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day ago

Iran closes key Strait of Hormuz shipping route after ayatollah threatens US warships

www.independent.co.uk

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Iran closes key Strait of Hormuz shipping route after ayatollah threatens US warships

www.independent.co.uk

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The strategic waterway has not been shut since the 1980s. The move comes amid ongoing tensions with the US
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    The US positioned the world’s largest warship, the USS Gerald R Ford, in the Middle East to join an earlier aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, that had moved to the region last month.

    Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by threatening to sink the carriers.

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      Westoid reportedly FORGOT he needs oil shipments to go through the Strait of Hormuz

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        Oil companies could actually use a boost right now. And the US is a net exporter.

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    State media announced it would be partially shut for several hours

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      Well no shit, otherwise it would be strangulating the global economy. This is a shot across the bow and an escalation from China’s public SIGINT collab & Russian + Chinese semi-concealed weapons shipments

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