John 
RE: https://fairdinkum.one/@John/116192192372616217
Nobody can deny this 4 day old toot now.
#USPol #auspol #TrumpRegime #RussianOil #UkraineWar #PutinWarCriminal #NeverTrustTrump
Electric TrikeScores of #oiltankers are sitting on either side of the #StraitOfHormuz, unable to move, and #vulnerable to Iranian #attack. Unable to move, that is, unless they are carrying Iranian oil.
Iran's supreme leader said on Thursday the strait would remain closed, and a defence spokesman said no oil would pass through that could assist the #UnitedStates or #Israel.
Having provoked this situation, the United States has so far #declinedToHelp, with the US military reported to have #turneddown numerous #requests from around the region to #escort oil tankers or other civilian ships through the strait. Donald #Trump has suggested that the US and its allies could provide military escorts to ships crossing the waterway "when the time comes". #NeverTrustTrump
Is there any other way of getting the 20 million barrels of oil a day that usually flows out of the Gulf to global customers? Well, yes, there is one way to get at least some oil out.
In the 1980s, #SaudiArabia built a 1,200 km-long pipeline — the East West Pipeline — across the width of the #ArabianPeninsula to carry oil that would normally be exported via the Gulf to the #RedSea.
The Financial Times reports that a "flotilla of #supertankers is steaming towards Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast as the kingdom rushes to reroute oil exports trapped in the Gulf by the Iran war".
"About 30 so-called very large crude carriers, each capable of carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil, are heading to the kingdom's western port of Yanbu over the coming days, according to ship-brokers, compared with a long-term average of about two a month."
But the new route carries its own dangers, the FT notes. "To enter the Red Sea from the south, the tankers will need to brave the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, where ships have been struck in recent years by #Yemen's #Houthi militants — and which is also within range of some Iranian missiles."
#uspol #auspol #EpsteinWars #TrumpRegime #Iran #oil
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-13/iran-israel-war-daily-news-briefing-laura-tingle/106446802
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Earlier, #Oman’s navy #rescued 20 sailors from a #Thai-flagged vessel that was attacked in the #StraitOfHormuz, about 13 nautical miles (24km) off the Omani coast, according to the country’s state news agency.
#USPol #auspol #TrumpRegime
#EpsteinWars #Iran #NeverTrustTrump
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#Explosions were reported on two foreign #oiltankers in the #PersianGulf near the port of #Basra.
The head of the General Company for Iraqi ports says it has rescued 38 crew members from the vessels, and one person has died, in comments cited by the Iraqi news agency.
Search and rescue operations are ongoing.
Ship tracking websites show the two tankers suspected of being attacked surrounded by rescue boats.
#USPol #auspol #TrumpRegime #EpsteinWars #Iran #NeverTrustTrump
#Trump vows ‘great safety’ for #oiltankers in #StraitOfHormuz.
“I think you’re going to see great #safety, and it’s going to be very, very quickly,” Trump told reporters at the #WhiteHouse when asked how he was going to ensure security in the crucial waterway for the global oil trade.
Massive Fire Erupts on US-Linked Oil Ship After Iranian Attack.
Thylacine#WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) - As many as 150 #US troops have been #wounded in the 10-day-old #war with #Iran, 2 people familiar with the matter told #Reuters on Tuesday.
The #casualty figure has not been previously reported. Prior to publication of the figure, the #Pentagon had only disclosed 8 U.S. personnel #seriouslyinjured.
In a statement after the Reuters report, the Pentagon estimated the figure to be approximately 140 wounded & said the vast majority of them were minor.
#uspol #ForeverWars #TrumpRegime #EpsteinWars #auspol #NeverTrustTrump
Via #FionaKatauskas #Albanese #IranWar #auspol
I think the PM needs #NeverTrustTrump tattooed on his forehead.
Just 6 days ago #Trump said:
“The United States Munitions Stockpiles have, at the medium & upper medium grade, never been higher or better,” Trump wrote on #TruthSocial.
The US, he wrote, has “a virtually #unlimited supply of these weapons” & that “Wars can be fought ‘forever,’ & very successfully, using just these supplies.” #NeverTrustTrump
#USPol #auspol #TrumpRegime #RunningOutOfAmmo #oops #fullblowncrisis
