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Iran missile strike damages five KC-135 tankers in Saudi Arabia, officials say

The aircraft were reportedly parked on the flight line at the time of the strike and sustained damage but were not destroyed. Read More ----oooo00O00oooo----

Konsekvensene av USAs rå maktbruk vil treffe Europa

Verdens supermakt er full av testosteron. Hva gjør Europa?

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Trump har ikke forstått at NATO er en forsvarsallianse som altså ikke har blitt angrepet. Krigen er ulovlig i henhold til folkeretten. Han har startet den og må selv rake kastanjer ut av ilden. US Navy har nok av fartøyer til å eskortere sivile båter gjennom Hormuz stredet. Dette er deres jobb og ingen andres. Ja, det vil gjøre US Navy veldig utsatt og store tap må påregnes. La Trump ta tapene, ingen andre. Dessverre, det ser ut til å være drømmetenking. (Red.)

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Lane Greene Senior digital editor

The war in Iran has come to focus on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s threats against tankers that would try to transit the narrow neck of the Persian Gulf have sent energy prices skyward. And the mullahs have gone further, attacking the oil- and gas-exporting Gulf Arab states’ energy infrastructure directly. That hasn’t drawn them into the fighting so far—but it may yet. Speaking of being drawn in: countries in Europe, lacking abundant oil and gas of their own, are unusually exposed to energy prices. Price rises have hit as European governments have little money on hand to protect consumers, as they did when the Ukraine war began. They too find themselves having to take awkward stands in a war they did not start and cannot end.