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He also stated that ships disabled or destroyed in certain waters could destroy the economies of many nations, such as the straits between the Agean and Black seas in Turkey, the Straits of Hourmuz in the Persian Gulf, the Straits of Gibraltar, etc, etc.

If they were successful in pulling off a coordinated hijacking of two or three super tankers and just blew them up and sank them in the Indian Ocean there would be another issue...insurance policies. I could see Lloyds of London and the other carriers either dropping coverage for super tankers or raising the premiums by a factor of 10. The time it would take to get the insurance and added security issues resolved would cause major disruptions in global oil distribution.