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    Two Iraqi oil tankers were just hit by Iranian boats laden with explosives, killing one foreign crew member
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    Two Iraqi oil tankers were just hit by Iranian boats laden with explosives, killing one foreign crew member


    Two Iraqi oil tankers were just hit by Iranian boats laden with explosives, killing one foreign crew member

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69b1f2be8f08358e0f706d62#block-69b1f2be8f08358e0f706d62

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    1. dravik on

      Considering the article quotes Iraqi port personnel, has Iran expanded from attacking ships transiting the strait to any civilian ship within the Persian Gulf?

    2. ChadThunderDownUnder on

      We’re already nearly back at $100/bl for Brent. Would probably have been smarter to hang on to those reserves instead of dumping them to 0 effect.

    3. Astronomer_Soft on

      Story I read was that the tankers were anchored off coast of Iraq.

      There are hundreds of civilian ships anchored in the Persian Gulf now. If Iran is targeting these regardless of flag, this is a major escalation of the war by Iran.