Posted on 04/22/2026 5:10:44 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Iranian state media reports that Iranian forces have taken custody of two trade vessels in the Strait of Hormuz after opening fire on the ships Wednesday.
Reports say the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have taken custody over the Panama-flagged MSC Francesca and Liberia-flagged Epaminondas and are bringing them to Iran.
International ship tracking from Marine Traffic shows both vessels stationary off the coast of Iran in the strait.
News of Iran's assault on the vessels first came from the United Kingdom Maritime Operations, which reported an IRGC gunboat had caused significant damage to the bridge of one of the container ships.
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Blow those f#ckers to smithereens!!!!!!!!!!
Mr President…how is the ceasefire extension working out ? Would you like to extend it some more ?
Hard to believe.
The USN is allowing IRGC gun boats to attack merchant vessels?
My understanding is they are using inflatable speedboats and an RPG.
It’s three guys in an inflatable speedboat with an RPG.
Could be easily solved with a few soldiers with sniper rifles on the cargo boats.
Okay yeah,
that could cause some damage. Kind of like throwing a rock at a car in the parking lot. Those are some diehard fuzlims
At their own peril.
“ Trump may have lost his nerve”
lol. You post inconsistent attacks on Trump. First he’s a bloodthirsty killer. Then he’s afraid. Pick one.
Not that it matters to the likes of you who loves the killers in Iran, what this shows is the government of Iran is broken and in disarray.
we are going to be waiting for a VERY, VERY LONG TIME!
Secretary Hegseth, pickup on line one.
The ancient Greeks called all non-Greek-speakers “barbarians” but the Persians were the barbarians par excellance. Nothing has changed in 2500 years. The Persians have always been the enemy of the West—Achaemenid Persia, Sassanian Persia, Islamic Persia. Why should we think they will abide by any agreement?
Yep,,,,,Maybe waiting another 2,500 years might make a difference…./s
Drop the bridges and hit the turbines already.
Sad, but nobody has ever earned it so well.
Were they though? Compared to most European peoples at that time? They apparently had more of a civilization than other groups.
What I was saying and you might be to dense to grasp Trump got this mess going and Trump does not know his Bible very well as it goes into great detail that God wipes Russia and Iran out, not Trump. So what are we doing then?
Come on, where is your optimism?
Good things can happen. The price of eggs went down.
Lol! You’re right! 😂
We are pleasing his son in law he is richer than ever thanks to this war.
Maybe we need to give Iran the Carthage treatment—what Rome did to Carthage.
Sure, dumb and petty
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