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Iran seizes another oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz as Gulf crisis erupts
2019-09-16
Obviously this is our fault for leaving the nuke pact, /sarc
[Express UK] The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation is reporting another ship has been seized in the gulf. Correspondent Amochai Stein said on Twitter: "Iran has seized another oil vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guard arrests a vessel and 11 crew on 'diesel smuggling charges'."
Posted by:Frank G

#5  I think the day they get a working nuke they'll try to hit Israel. These are not people who screw around, like Pakistain. They are real fanatics.
Posted by: Dron66046   2019-09-16 14:16  

#4  How do you know they haven't?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-09-16 13:31  

#3  Iran seems hell bent on war right now.

Why now? What's the rush? Honestly, I thought they would have waited until they got a working nuke.
Posted by: The peanut gallery   2019-09-16 13:22  

#2  These acts against Saudi refineries and ME shipping gives Iran much needed revenue via higher oil prices on the black market.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454   2019-09-16 11:55  

#1  oil up about $6/barrel to $62 as of this post
Posted by: lord garth   2019-09-16 11:43  

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