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At least two merchant vessels reported they were hit by gunfire as they attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, three maritime security and shipping sources said, shortly after Iran said it was once more ‌tightening control of the waterway.

Some merchant vessels received a radio message from Iran's Navy that the vital energy chokepoint was shut again and no ships were allowed to pass through, shipping sources said.

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[–] Akh@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good thing stocks went up Friday and gas prices dropped based on fake news from Trump

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 10 hours ago

Stocks were weird last week. Supposedly the US has double blockage the already blockaded straight on Monday, but stocks kept rising the whole week

[–] GirthBrooksPLO@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Oh wow, the lying orange cocksucker lied again, who could have had the foresight to divine this?

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

2 Indian ships...Iran L, they can't take a lot of those at this point if they expect sympathy.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world -5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Please don't post youtube links without any description. Many of us on Lemmy are avoiding US services and won't click such links at all. They rarely add value to the discussion either, but a short summary of the content could.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

That's good advice not just for YouTube, but any nondescript link.