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DEVELOPING🔽: ISLAMABAD TALKS FAIL
US’s planned blockade signals an escalation after talks fail in Islamabad
This is quite an escalation after the US walked away from those peace talks in Islamabad with essentially no deal on any of its demands.
And now Trump at first said that this US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would impact all ships coming and going from the strait.
Well, then CENTCOM issued a narrowing order, rather saying that it is only ships that will be leaving or coming to ports in Iran.
Also, missing from the CENTCOM’s statement is any mention of the tolls that the president had mentioned earlier. He said that any international vessel that paid Iran a toll to travel through the strait would be pursued by the US Navy and would not be granted safe passage.
That is, in contrast to the CENTCOM statement that said that there will be freedom of navigation for any vessels that bypass these Iranian ports.
So still a lot of confusion there as far as what these orders are, but CENTCOM is saying that this blockade on ships coming and going from Iranian ports, will begin at 14:00 GMT.
Per Al-Jazeera
#War
This is quite an escalation after the US walked away from those peace talks in Islamabad with essentially no deal on any of its demands.
And now Trump at first said that this US naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would impact all ships coming and going from the strait.
Well, then CENTCOM issued a narrowing order, rather saying that it is only ships that will be leaving or coming to ports in Iran.
Also, missing from the CENTCOM’s statement is any mention of the tolls that the president had mentioned earlier. He said that any international vessel that paid Iran a toll to travel through the strait would be pursued by the US Navy and would not be granted safe passage.
That is, in contrast to the CENTCOM statement that said that there will be freedom of navigation for any vessels that bypass these Iranian ports.
So still a lot of confusion there as far as what these orders are, but CENTCOM is saying that this blockade on ships coming and going from Iranian ports, will begin at 14:00 GMT.
Per Al-Jazeera
#War
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