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The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said early on September 1 that a tanker had been struck by three unknown projectiles while exiting the Strait of Hormuz off Oman.
The incident took place 17 nautical miles to the east of the town of Khasab as the vessel was completing an outbound transit of the waterway, the UKMTO said in an advisory notice, adding that no casualties or environmental impact were reported.
Around the same time, Iranian media reported that a Saudi oil tanker had been stopped while transiting through the southern corridor of the Strait of Hormuz, without providing any details.
The attack came just hours after UKMTO said it received a report of an incident involving a tanker and military forces in the Indian Ocean.
“UKMTO have received a report of an incident involving a tanker and military forces in the Indian Ocean,” the agency said.
The agency provided no details about the nature of the incident and did not name the tanker or the military forces involved.
Social media posts, however, identified the tanker as Indian-owned and said it was struck by United States forces. According to reports, Central Command (CENTCOM) allegedly targeted the tanker’s engine room after its crew failed to respond to radio calls — calls that reportedly used the ship’s previous name. Photos showing the aftermath of the strike have circulated online. The tanker had recently departed the United Arab Emirates, which means it has nothing to do with Iran.
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Iran launched an attack on two American bases in Jordan on August 31 in retaliation for the U.S. attack on its Larak Island. American forces targeted two Iranian rocket launchers on Larak Island the night prior, reportedly killing three, saying that Tehran intended to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Hormuz Strait.
U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to hit Iran “hard” after the clash, with a senior Iranian official warning through Reuters that for every attack on the Islamic Republic, Tehran will deliver a “response dozens of times greater.”
A report by Israel’s Channel 12 citing senior U.S. officials revealed that Trump and senior administration officials reviewed a new CENTCOM plan last week for limited strikes in the Strait of Hormuz aimed at preventing Iran from rebuilding its military capabilities there.
The plan is intended to “mow the lawn,” as one U.S. official explained, by targeting Iranian radar and missile capabilities and reducing the threat to oil tankers, U.S. Navy vessels and U.S. Air Force aircraft operating in and around the vital waterway.
Since the ceasefire came into effect in April, CENTCOM has carried out several similar operations against Iran. The Islamic Republic responded every time, and the U.S. ultimately failed to weaken Tehran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz. The last attack reported by UKMTO is evidence of this.
Another round of U.S. strikes will not likely produce any different outcome. In fact, recent reports suggest that Iran has boosted its military capabilities since the last round of fighting.
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tiny jew sausage struck my americunt hormuz anuz w jizz yesterday derp incel
i am really confused i thought all these ships are identified and can be tracked globaly.
since its not a russian or iranian ship thats hiding it should be trackable did the us be like “hey a ship shoot it”.