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Iran closes key Strait of Hormuz shipping route after ayatollah threatens US warships
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Well no shit, otherwise it would be strangulating the global economy. This is a shot across the bow and an escalation from China's public SIGINT collab & Russian + Chinese semi-concealed weapons shipments