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Posted on 04/18/2026 8:07:52 AM PDT by Mariner
Iran rowed back on its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and fired on a tanker attempting to pass the waterway on Saturday. It warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
Confusion over the critical chokepoint threatened to deepen the energy crisis roiling the global economy and push the two countries toward renewed conflict, even as mediators expressed confidence a new deal was within reach.
Iran’s joint military command said on Saturday that “control of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state ... under strict management and control of the armed forces.”
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A rowboat and a cork-stopped popgun and you’ve got a “gunboat”.
How did one of its gunboats make it that far into the strait?
Is the “gunboat” still floating? Why?
Has the the US conformed that this event actually took place...?
Just what makes that little old ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant
They still have one of those?
Why?
My 1st thought as well.....I hope it was blown out of the water immediately.
Author...”Unattributed”?
Yup. AP/Yahoo offers no further description of the boat and the type of gunfire.
AP/Yahoo is on Iran's side.
I hope he targets the IRGC as well as whatever other targets he had on the menu before the cease fire. The IRGC is the obstacle here and it is time to concentrate on them and their leaders
So, any clown with an outboard motor and a shotgun can close down the world’s economy?
I thought we destroyed the Iranian navy?
Someone needs to lose a port.
refineries
mainland storage tanks
Let Iran buy gasoline off Iraq for the market price, in hard currency.
It’s just another of their DAILY ‘regime changes’!
Wait for confirmation from a credible source.
Why weren’t the “gunboats” sunk by the U.S. Navy?
Bridges and Power Plants are back on the menu.
More benefits of leaping into these foreign entanglements. The retarded game of chicken drags on.
Is Dandy Don Meredith used to sing — Turn out the lights, the party’s over.
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