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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCargo ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz, crew evacuates
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Cargo ship hit by projectile in Strait of Hormuz, crew evacuates (Original Post)
SamuelTheThird
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JBTaurus83
(1,244 posts)1. Iran has already mined the area
It wasnt covered in western media.
SamuelTheThird
(1,002 posts)2. Another ship hit apparently
Ferrets are Cool
(22,854 posts)3. FAFO
Liberal In Texas
(16,215 posts)4. Adding to the environmental disaster this war is causing.
Acid rain falling on the population, the air toxic and now oil spills from Iranian ships blown up by us and cargo and tankers damaged by Iranian attacks.
Boo1
(314 posts)5. And that's all they had to do
Cargo ships and tankers are sitting ducks. Giant targets moving slowly through a narrow channel where it's deep enough to handle them.
Nobody else is going to try to go through now.
So it wont stop without either a 'deal' (who knows how the hell that would work now) or a lotta ground troops