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U.S. Navy Starts Accompanying Ships in Strait of Hormuz


(Wall Street Journal) Dion Nissenbaum and Asa Fitch - The U.S. Navy has begun accompanying American-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz, defense officials said on Thursday, in response to Iran's seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged Maersk Tigris on Tuesday in the gateway to the Persian Gulf. "Because of the unpredictability of our Iranian friends, we're now positioned so that, should the Iranians decide that they're going to be stupid, we're ready to respond," said one U.S. official.
2015-05-01 00:00:00
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