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Watch US Forces Strike Defiant Oil Tanker Violating Iranian Blockade
U.S. forces disabled an oil tanker on July 15 after it allegedly ignored warnings and attempted to reach an Iranian port in violation of the U.S. naval blockade. Hellfire missiles were fired into the vessel’s smokestack, preventing it from continuing toward Iran.
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