USAs militær fortsætter med at blokere Iran i at sælge olie samtidig med at flere og flere skibe eskorteres gennem Hormuz-strædet uden om Iran
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U.S. forces have supported the passage of more than one billion barrels of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz in recent months while Iran has exported none under Washington’s “ironclad blockade,” U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Adm. Brad Cooper announced Saturday.
Cooper said American forces reached the milestone while providing coordinated protection for more than 2,000 commercial ship transits through the strategic waterway.
“Clearly, momentum is building,” he said in a video update.
The volume of crude oil, cargo, and liquefied natural gas moving through Hormuz over the past two weeks is higher than at any point in the six months since the war began on February 28, Cooper said, while the strait’s primary transit lanes remain clear of mines.
“Over one billion barrels of crude have been shipped from Gulf partners through the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran has exported zero barrels, thanks to our ironclad blockade,” Cooper said.
Saturday’s update builds on what Cooper called a “major milestone” on August 28, when CENTCOM announced that U.S. forces had cleared Iranian sea mines from the internationally recognized transit lanes through Hormuz after months of dangerous mine-clearing operations.
Cooper said the work was carried out “meticulously and quietly” by forces across the U.S. military, declaring at the time that the international shipping lanes were open and “momentum is building.”
Even as U.S. forces have expanded protected commercial traffic through Hormuz, the blockade against Iran has remained in force. CENTCOM said Friday that American forces had redirected 105 commercial vessels to ensure compliance, maintaining what Cooper says has been a complete cutoff of Iranian oil exports through the waterway.
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Det er lidt ærgerligt at det ikke slår mere igennem på priser på olie og gas, men de er jo afhængige af sprkumanternes nervøsitet, de få gange det lykkes IRGC at ramme et skib …
Så længe det ikke er bekræftet af uafhængige kilder, så lad være med at stole på hvad USA melder ud, CENTCOM har før fyldt os med løgn, så de er ikke længere troværdige.
Iran har andre måder at sælge olie på, end at skibe det gennem Hormuz strædet og husk også at Trump mere end 10 gange har sagt at USA havde vundet over Iran og at Irans flåde var sunket, samt at Irans ikke havde flere affyringsramper til deres raketter og missiler tilbage.
Der er mange uafhængige militæranalytikere, som mener at Irans militære kapacitet nu er større end da Israel og USA bombede dem første gang i år.
Allan sludrer igen. Dog lever jeg fint med hvis han har ret og at jeg har misforstået et eller andet. Så må jeg jo blot stramme kysen.