US hits three Iranian tankers again…Trump: “It’s nothing”
The US military has struck three Iranian oil tankers in response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack on a US naval vessel. The strikes, carried out on 5 local time, were in retaliation for an attack by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on a US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer. The US Central Command said the tankers, located near Iran's major oil export base at Kharg Island and in the Oman Sea, were damaged or destroyed.
The US has been engaged in a six-month-long military conflict with Iran, with the Trump administration seeking to downplay the situation as "not a war" and "small potatoes" ahead of the November midterm elections.
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