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Iran admits seizure of foreign tanker, 12 crew members in Strait of Hormuz
2019-07-18
[FoxNews] Iran’s state television said Thursday that regime forces captured a foreign tanker with a crew of 12 accused of smuggling oil.

Hours later, it was announced the USS Boxer, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, loaded with 2,000 Marines and dozens of helicopters entered the Persian Gulf.

The tanker was seized by Revolutionary Guard forces on July 14 after getting intercepted south of Iran’s Larak Island in the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid allegations that the tanker was smuggling fuel from Iranian smugglers to foreign customers.

It remains unclear to which country or company the tanker belongs but a tanker based in the United Arab Emirates disappeared earlier this week.
Posted by:Skidmark

#2  ZH will have another of their hilarious articles about what crude is doing today. It will be essentially an acid-driven free association thing.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-07-18 14:25  

#1  And let me guess.... the world price of crude's gonna drop as a result?

Can't those Iranians do anything right?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2019-07-18 13:39  

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