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Old 6th Jan 2012, 13:44
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akerosid
 
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Iran seems determined to ratchet up the pressure; it has announced new exercises for the Strait itself:

State media: Iran to hold military drills in the Strait of Hormuz - CNN.com

Presumably the objective will be to freak out oil tanker captains by firing around, though not at, them, perhaps causing a traffic jam of tankers at both ends of the Strait; it won't be foolish enough (one assumes!) to actually fire on a tanker, but presumably one of the aims is to call the UK/US's bluff and ask what exactly they intend to do to keep the strait open.

It's another move on the chessboard ...
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