[GOPJ]

Some outlets are using the term 'torpedo attack.' Take this with a huge grain of salt. It is very early to know definitively the nature of these attacks and a torpedo would drastically narrow down the possible culprits and could even be a pretext for a direct conflict. ...

Japanese President Abe is in Tehran where it was hoped he could broker some sort of dialogue or easing of tensions between the U.S. and Iran, but even as he is set to meet with the country's top leadership today, those prospects look increasingly dim.

Meanwhile, oil is up around 3.5%.

In a related story Gavrilo Princip shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand...

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks GOPJ. And, thanks Jimmy Carter, Obama, Kerry, Biden.

• Tankers Off Iran Hit by Suspected Torpedoes