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Iran’s Dangerous Game of Chicken on the Straits of Hormuz, Sanctions

Threats to shut down the vital Strait of Hormuz signal Iran’s confrontation with Washington is escalating.

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As if the confrontation with Iran wasn’t getting scary enough, we now have pictures of Iranian commandos with stubby machine guns on boats training to close

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