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News & Current Events May 6, 2026 at 7:33 AM

French vessel attacked in Strait of Hormuz, several crewmembers wounded

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French shipping giant says vessel hit in Strait of Hormuz attack | The Jerusalem Post
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
French shipping giant says vessel hit in Strait of Hormuz attack | The Jerusalem Post
The injured crew members from the attack, which took place on Tuesday, have been evacuated and are being provided with medical care, the company said.
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pleasedontPM May 6, 2026 +1489
This is not an oil tanker, but a container ship. There has been a medical evacuation, the ship seems to have crossed the strait now.
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Potential_Archer2427 May 6, 2026 +320
It wasn't damaged enough to not be able to pass?
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TommiHPunkt May 6, 2026 +505
commercial ships are big, it's kinda hard to hit them in a way that actually disables them without using huge missiles
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SinisterCheese May 6, 2026 +98
From above... Sure... From below? Not so much. Rudder and propulsion system are fat easy targets that disable the vessel completely. The shaft tunnel is a long and easy target also. Then literally any of the major water wells that engine draws from are weak points. Sinking a modern ship is fairly difficult. But disabling it? Not so much. Make it too dangerous to sail at sea? Even less so.
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CydeWeys May 6, 2026 +55
Iran doesn't have attack submarines, and the strait is not particularly well-mined.
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Original-Locksmith58 May 6, 2026 +36
Their tactics also don’t seem to be focused on disabling/sinking ships, they’re purposely targeting crew.
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thenuttyhazlenut May 6, 2026 +19
True, they don't need to sink ships. They just need to create fear
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EmergencyTaco 6 days ago +11
The only thing they have to accomplish is making the Straight dangerous enough so insurance companies refuse to cover ships. If they accomplish that, the Straight remains closed. And they can basically accomplish that with a few guys in motorboats, or a few rocket launchers on the bank.
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apache-longbow 6 days ago +2
Seems like the ships just need to hire pmc's for protection, similar to off the coast of somalia. The iranians are using similar tactics, so it should work pretty well.
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-Acta-Non-Verba- May 6, 2026 +4
Not anymore. All 3 of their subs were sunk early on.
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_Thick- 6 days ago +1
The Iran Navy =/= IRGC. Did they sink all of the mini-subs as well? They had more than 3.
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-Acta-Non-Verba- 6 days ago +2
US Navy sank the 3 Russian-made Kilo diesel-electric subs. 
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_Thick- 6 days ago +1
And I ask again, what about the 20-23 Ghadir class mini subs? How many of those have been sunk? Each capable of laying mines, firing ASM and hyper-cavitating torpedoes and more of a threat than 3 shitty old kilo class subs from the 70's.
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-Acta-Non-Verba- 6 days ago +1
So far they are no-shows, aren't they? Maybe more vaporware than anything.
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TheGalator May 6, 2026 +20
Tbf the strait probably has insanely weak currents
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Chelonate_Chad May 6, 2026 +31
> straight strait
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TheGalator May 6, 2026 +55
Nah the sexual orientation is important gay waters have cooler waves
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bendersbitch May 6, 2026 +10
Rainbow waters? Or just spilling oil?
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Ian_Hunter May 6, 2026 +10
Oil on water does have a rainbow effect.🤷
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Tutor78 May 6, 2026 +16
They're puttin oil in the water. It's turning the friggin oceans gay!
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TheGalator May 6, 2026 +11
The first The oil is actually Vaseline
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forfeitgame May 6, 2026 +3
Ah the Diddy Strait.
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TotalBomb 6 days ago +2
Def rainbow water, how else do you think the frogs become gay?
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bendersbitch 5 days ago +1
Checks out.
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user_account_deleted May 6, 2026 +10
And if you're feeling froggy, you can drop a QUICKSINK and crack the boat in half!
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Xytak May 6, 2026 +3
The propellor shaft was what got *Prince of Wales* if I recall.
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lonewolf210 May 6, 2026 +14
I'm guessing the Iranians want to do enough damage to prevent insurers from endorsing the boats going through but don't actually want to deal with a tanker adrift in a strait with mines that have unknown locations or they don't have any underwater drone/torpedos to use
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YSOSEXI May 6, 2026 +81
Unless you are Ukrainian....
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TommiHPunkt May 6, 2026 +158
then you use multiple USVs with at least half a ton of explosives on each of them, yes
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ours May 6, 2026 +37
And those tend to hit right at the waterline, which makes the damage more likely to disable/sink a ship.
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Polygnom May 6, 2026 +12
You just need to hit the props/rudder.
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2rascallydogs May 6, 2026 +3
It's hard to hit props with a cruise missile.
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TommiHPunkt May 6, 2026 +5
Somewhat feasible but not guaranteed when you hit the stern with USVs, really easy with torpedos, really hard with missiles and drones.
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aleopardstail May 6, 2026 +2
tell that to the Atlantic Conveyor
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sirgoosey May 6, 2026 +1
US strategically disabled an entire oil ship with I believe a 5 inch projectile earlier in the blockade by shooting directly at the engine room (visible with heat signals)
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Omegatherion May 6, 2026 +29
If they only shot some bullets towards the ship, that will not cause any damage severe enough to make a ship unable to move
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Peripatetictyl May 6, 2026 +39
Luckily the front didn’t fall off.
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ceelose May 6, 2026 +18
Not that lucky. It's not typical, actually.
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Whyeth May 6, 2026 +6
What if it landed outside the environment though? That would be safe.
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MhrisCac May 6, 2026 +8
Well thankfully they weren’t using cardboard or cardboard derivatives 
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Obvious_Badger_9874 May 6, 2026 +9
Is this a possibility? I thought they are built that the front don’t fall off.
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Rosemourne May 6, 2026 +6
As long as a wave doesn't hit it.
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Le_Flemard May 6, 2026 +4
Liberty ships class had a serious case of a brittle fracture which resulted in figuratively that the front fall off. (realistically, the ship broke in half). But that's ww2 and post ww2 stuff.
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Purple-Goat-2023 May 6, 2026 +3
I mean when you build them in an average of 42 days (record was 4 days 15.5 hours) I imagine there's going to be some design/construction flaws.
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AvailableSubstance53 6 days ago +2
Not sn Australian ship
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jas120 May 6, 2026 +276
So this is different than the one that was allegedly hit by a cruise missile? Malta flagged but also had crew injured. https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/maritime-news/15/maritime-security/2026/12924/cargo-vessel-transiting-strait-of-hormuz-hit-by-cruise-missi E: they both seem to be referred to as the San Antonio.
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mrfoof82 May 6, 2026 +169
This is the same vessel. Both this story, and the one you linked from MarineTraffic.com, cite the CMA CGM San Antonio as being hit. It's ultimately French-owned *(by CMA CGM Group)*, but Malta flagged, likely as a [flag of convenience](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_convenience).
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jas120 May 6, 2026 +28
Appreciate the insight!
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That_Country_7682 May 6, 2026 +437
Strait of hormuz just keeps getting worse every month.
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NeglectedDuty May 6, 2026 +182
It's not what it used to be
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YesNo_Maybe_ May 6, 2026 +35
The rule of real estate location location location /s 
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ariphron May 6, 2026 +39
Back in my day it was all just sun and ships passing through without issues. Now look at it could be a shippinglot
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hdix May 6, 2026 +11
Back in your day sooo February this year?
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ariphron May 6, 2026 +9
Should have added the /s. it was traveling in the car with a parent or grandparent type joke. It was 4 am right when I woke up when I wrote that. Should have thought more.
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Leather-Map-8138 May 6, 2026 +5
It was good the first time
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hdix May 6, 2026
All good chief. It's hard to catch sarcasm sometimes with so much diarrhea in the comments
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JCDU May 6, 2026 +6
I remember when it was all fields
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donredyellow25 May 6, 2026 +2
Its just dynamic pricing.
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18VON4T May 6, 2026 +47
We should make a project to make the strait as it was before the war. We could call it Project Freedom.
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No_Cook_8739 May 6, 2026 +29
Project Freedom is kinda bland for this administration. They're more likely to go with... xxX Project Freedom 4206969 Xxx
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city17_dweller May 6, 2026 +8
Needs more emojis and a theme tune
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Fucksnacks May 6, 2026 +4
B-but they already started & stopped a "Project Freedom" *this week...*
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Bitter_Tea442 May 6, 2026 +2
Kinda feels like you missed an opportunity to blame Obama.
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Four_beastlings May 6, 2026 +2
Still better than Project Epic Fail
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Overflow0X May 6, 2026 +4
But at least the stock markets keeps making new all the highs, so all is well.
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Individual_Zombie457 May 6, 2026 +2
We need to Make Hormuz Great Again
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ThoughtShes18 May 6, 2026 -3
I hate America gets away doing this c***… Edit: MAGA here ?
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insidiousfruit May 6, 2026 +5
You are probably getting downvotes because it was Iran that attacked the French ship, not America.
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ThoughtShes18 May 6, 2026 +15
That’s not what I’m talking about. This wouldn’t have happened if it wasn’t for Trump
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Tutule May 6, 2026 +3
Iran would've just kept funding Hamas and Hezbollah support in Europe as part of their Resistance to Israel and its allies. https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/home/items/895036/en
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ThoughtShes18 May 6, 2026 +4
And you can’t see that you can be against both at the same time
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Tutule 6 days ago +1
No that's clear but doing nothing doesn't prevent events from happening. Iran would still engage in terrorism with or without US strikes.
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insidiousfruit May 6, 2026 -2
I see, America made Iran fire a missile at a French ship. Totally makes sense.
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frasoftw May 6, 2026 +3
You like that french sailors are being injured by Iran because somehow that hurts America too? Truly a beacon of morality.
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ThoughtShes18 May 6, 2026
Both are terrible governments/people in charge. Its possible to be a little happy for what happens to the US, and hate both sides simultaneously m.
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Agitated_Ad7576 May 6, 2026 +7
Mercutio: "A pox on both your houses!"
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ramenbaby3 6 days ago +2
Of course they are. Idiot Americans down voting you when this whole mess is their fckin fault.
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theHAREST May 6, 2026 -1
Do you think it was America that attacked this French ship lmao
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ThoughtShes18 May 6, 2026 +16
No you dandelion… if USA didn’t attack Iran the Strait wouldn’t be closed in the first place.
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King_Goofus May 6, 2026 +4
MAGATS are incapable of utilizing common sense
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windingsand May 6, 2026 +218
Wish it said what hit them. So far it seems like they have only taken pot shots at the ships as a deterrent
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mrfoof82 May 6, 2026 +45
So this [post further down the thread](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/maritime-news/15/maritime-security/2026/12924/cargo-vessel-transiting-strait-of-hormuz-hit-by-cruise-missi) by /u/jas120 links to a **[MarineTraffic story](https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/maritime-news/15/maritime-security/2026/12924/cargo-vessel-transiting-strait-of-hormuz-hit-by-cruise-missi)** that indicates it was some variety of "Land-Attack" *(so "ground-hugging")* cruise missile that hit the ship. Iran has several varieties of LACMs it uses. That is what is being reported by the ship's owner, CMA CGM Group, which is owned by CMA CGM SA, which is under MERIT France S.A.S. The ship is Malta-flagged, likely as a "flag of convenience."
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BorikGor May 6, 2026 +22
>..they have only taken pot shots.. You make it sound like it's no big deal. >"Ach, so what?! So someone is throwing a bunch of soft metal at you, what are you? A baby?"
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zero_clues May 6, 2026 +90
Attacking civilian vessels as a "deterrent" is a very bad thing.  It's a deterrent in the same way that the u.s bombing Iran is meant to deter them from developing a nuke
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SemiDiSole May 6, 2026 +65
I mean that's just what a blockade is. You say: "You shall not pass" and if they try to pass you slap 'em.
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WIbigdog May 6, 2026 +9
Sure but they're not blockading any specific port or country, they're blockading international shipping lanes which is a major breach of international law.
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Different_Victory_89 May 6, 2026 +2
Flee, you fools!
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DRKMSTR May 6, 2026 +43
"Deterrent" *terrorism
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dgellow May 6, 2026 +62
That’s a meaningless correction. Deterrent and terrorism aren’t contradictory. It is a deterrent, which in this context can be seen as a terrorist act
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windingsand May 6, 2026 +7
Yes, this is what i meant thank you. I have no love for the irgc
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zero_clues May 6, 2026 -6
Deterrent is such a white washy term.  It's a deterrent in the same way that the u.s bombing Iran is meant to deter them from developing a nuke
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dgellow May 6, 2026 +5
Deterrent is a framing of their intent. Nothing wishy washy about it 
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ryapeter May 6, 2026 +3
They never said it deter them from closing the strait. As for the other one we don’t know yet
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ghosttrainhobo May 6, 2026 +21
Crying terrorism during a blockade action in an active war zone is pure propaganda.
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pribnow May 6, 2026 +13
If this is terrorism then the word has lost all meaning
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frasoftw May 6, 2026 +8
If shooting civilian cargo ships in an international shipping lane is terrorism then terrorism doesn't mean anything?
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pribnow May 6, 2026 +2
its an active war zone and one of the belligerents (who controls this straight by the way, regardless of what the current administration wants to claim) has stated this exact thing could happen - per the article this same company had another ship which already had warning shots previously. Every time a civilian gets injured in war isn't terrorism and it seems pretty clear here that Iran is going to fight this war on their terms, seeing this as terrorism is no different than saying "you're cheating!". Iran knows they'll never win in a direct military conflict vs. the US, hence they're attempting economic attrition
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frasoftw May 6, 2026 +5
"Guys, I might commit terrorism" commits terrorism "We can't hold them responsible for this, they told us they were gonna." I understand WHY they're committing terrorism, because they would rather die than not have a nuclear weapon. I have a problem with morons on the internet pretending that this ISN'T terrorism or that this terrorism shouldn't be punished because it's being done by people we already know are terrorists. Yes, we should EXPECT them to commit war crimes (like this, UAE attacks, etc.) but we shouldn't EXCUSE it.
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snoosh00 May 6, 2026 +14
Just like the terrorist US embargo on Cuba? Just like the terrorist strikes on fishing vessels? I have no issue calling Iranian attacks terroristic, can you accurately apply the same label to the United States (the belligerent in the Iran conflict)
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hiddenwalls May 6, 2026 -21
While I am on in no way on Irans side here, attacking commercial shipping during a war isn't terrorism. Other things the regime does is, however this ain't it.
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bart416 May 6, 2026 +28
It's quite a bit more than terrorism, it's an act of war against a neutral nation, a literal war crime, and a violation of multiple international treaties that Iran is constantly waving about when talking about Gaza and Lebanon. Make no mistake, over the last 48 hours Iran technically committed acts of war against both France and South Korea by attacking civilian shipping of theirs.
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DOSFS May 6, 2026 +22
Attacking other nation ships other than US or Israel is especially for Europe who clearly didn't want or have anything to do with it to begin with.
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Due_Elephant_1984 May 6, 2026 +2
Yeah why would Europe care about a country that funds terrorism all throughout the middle east and north Africa, slaughtered 40,000 of its own people for protesting, and sends aid and drones to Russia to help kill Ukrainians
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SaveOurBolts May 6, 2026 +18
Attacking a commercial vessel under a flag of a non-combatant in international waters is terrorism.  Not to mention the fact that it was done in furtherance of a political or ideological motive, which would make it the textbook definition of terrorism. 
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Arcticwulfy May 6, 2026 -1
Is a nation at war allowed to blockade another? in this case the UAE or one of the other gulf states that participated in the war with territorial bases etc. If Britain in ww2 received monetary support and supplies from the US, would sinking those commercial vessels be 'terrorism'? All vessels were warned before entering blockade region. If they don't, what else is there to enforce all blockades other than violence? Later is just all warfare. All warfare is political violence. That just looks like bias.
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Kagenlim May 6, 2026 +9
It literally is, don't forget, that's how the US entered ww1 because the US was outraged and act of terror was committed against them
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cr1spy28 May 6, 2026 +5
Attacking a neutral 3rd party is not a valid war target
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Raa03842 May 6, 2026 +29
The IRGC doesn’t need to sink it or disable it. All they need to do is apply “mental” pressure so that ship owners don’t risk an attack but even worse cancellation of their insurance policy. Then importers and exporters whose products are on those ships are left high and dry with no “loss insurance” on the cargo. Then the manufacturer of that cargo is left hanging high and dry. Pun intended. That one attack probably cost the industrial world’s corporate magnates millions of dollars. And of course the US is there to help.
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AdVarious8543 May 6, 2026 +102
F*** THE IRGC.
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doommaster May 6, 2026 +65
Also f*** Trump and Netanyahu.
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Miserable-Resort-977 May 6, 2026 +39
You're so right. On an unrelated note, why are they doing this?
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EttelaJ May 6, 2026 +6
Unrelated?
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BreadTime1337 6 days ago +1
Is it because the US bombed a school full of children because the AI told them to?
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bokstavligen May 6, 2026 +21
brave someone had to say it
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dervik May 6, 2026 +5
Only one side is evil here?
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FeistyGate8784 May 6, 2026 +40
Ah so that’s while oil just dropped
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Broad-Lobster7470 May 6, 2026 +34
Why would it drop on this news though
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FeistyGate8784 May 6, 2026 +25
I was joking. This would be bad but oil dropped from 108 to 105 basically right around when this post was made so I thought it was funny timing. It’s back up to 106.5 but who knows what traders will do, all vibes
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ChemicalNo2878 May 6, 2026 +11
Crashed even lower, Big marco said its done, so its done.
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illegible May 6, 2026 +7
They say “it’s done” every other day and the markets keep going to new highs, yet more and more oil infrastructure is getting destroyed. When will the other shoe drop?
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WIbigdog May 6, 2026 +5
When they've decided they've extracted enough wealth from the rubes they can con into investing.
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shewy92 May 6, 2026 +5
While oil?
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UpboatNavy May 6, 2026 +3
I think he meant Whale Oil
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Constant_Section1491 May 6, 2026 +13
Were they trying to cross ?
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max_lombardy May 6, 2026 +39
I’d be surprised if the container ship was there for sightseeing…
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Acceptable-Heron6839 May 6, 2026 +5
To get to the other side
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CraftyPerformance272 May 6, 2026 +49
Crazy how many people are defending Iran attacking civilian ships and wounding or killing innocent civilians. It makes sense With how many people defended Iran when they killed 30,000 protesters this year
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Annual_Strategy_6206 May 6, 2026 +37
Is that what really happened, though? I didn't see or hear ANYONE defending Iran killing thousands of protestors.
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Zora74 May 6, 2026 +40
Calling out an unjust and poorly planned war is not the same as supporting Iran in any way, shape, or form. Trump fucked up. Bigly. Now the world is paying the price.
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Broad-Celebration- May 6, 2026 +11
While true listnook is full of people openly supporting Iran and equating US leadership with the IRGC slaughtering tens of thousands of its own people.
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I_Roll_Chicago May 6, 2026
Yeah havent seen that. But what i have seen is conservatives assuming that we are supporting the US we must be supporting iran. F***’m both
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EquivalentArea1782 6 days ago +3
While the US was in the wrong to start this, Iran has been evil for 50 years. Other countries just simply ignore them and hope they don’t get targeted.
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brickout May 6, 2026 +4
Absolute garbage take. Crazy how bad people like you are at understanding an issue. Let me guess, any time someone criticizes Israel, you say they are pro-Hamas?
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ghostsilver May 6, 2026 +5
listnook is now mostly just "we are fan of whoever Trump is against now". So yeah people gonna cheer for Iran.
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Due_Elephant_1984 May 6, 2026 +6
But they are not even cheering for Iran, if they did they would have been more vocal about the Iranian protester slaughter that happened earlier this year. They would have dedicated support to the regular Iranian man and woman affected by the Islamic Regime. But they didn't, they decided to support the Islamic Regime over the Iranian people.
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911freeze 6 days ago +2
It’s crazy man. People are so anti-trump (and to be clear i didn’t vote for him) that they are defending a fascist government that murdered 30,000 protestors just months ago. Now they’re targeting civilian ships and people are still defending them.
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leftrightside54 May 6, 2026 +2
Funny US/Isreal started this and your going to cry about Iran. Source on 30k that isn't state department or some dispora.  Where is your condemnation of the US/Isreal?
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SomeGuyXavier May 6, 2026 +1
Propaganda bots going full force now huh?
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insidiousfruit May 6, 2026 -11
Listnook man, they hate America so much that they enjoy Iran killing French crewmen. Why can the US enforce its blockade without firing on ships but Iran can't?
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Miserable-Resort-977 May 6, 2026 +9
Because the US is bombing Iran into the stone age, including killing orders of magnitude more civilians than these ship strikes. Why do the US and Israel have unlimited leeway to kill, but Iran is expected to act like an angel in response?
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ThE_LAN_B4_TimE May 6, 2026 +9
Oh so about how yesterday everything is normal and they are so close to a deal...f****** insane market manipulation again. Trump has permanently fucked this area of the world. If I was Iran, I would keep on doing shit like this. Keep on adding up billions per day to defend this area. This war is going to hit 100 billion soon.
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P01135809-Trump May 6, 2026 +11
Project Feifdom isn't going so well. Or are we back to Epic Fuzzy? I'm not sure how many things blowing up per day counts as war.
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olight77 May 6, 2026 +27
Trump said Yesturday he’s cancelling Project Freedom b/c they are so close to a deal.. I kid you not. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/06/trump-project-freedom-strait-of-hormuz-ships-iran-ceasefire
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GerryC May 6, 2026 +4
Maybe, but project Epstein Fury is going EXACTLY as planned. Say what you will, but that was a master stroke to get it removed from the front page talking points. I mean, honestly; what's a few plebs lives in the greater scope of a Billionaire's reputation? MAGA making Pedos great again. Literally.
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TheBreadHasRisen May 6, 2026 +1
Orange clown stopped doing project freedom. Maybe read the news or something.
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Sufficient-View-7218 May 6, 2026 +6
Irgc completely insane.
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JCDU May 6, 2026 +6
How do you work that out then? Because this is entirely rational and smart by them given their aims - Trump has handed them the realisation that they can totally weaponise the strait for their own ends and cause their western enemies great pain just by lobbing a few shots at commercial shipping every now and then. The strait was open before Trump kicked this nonsense off.
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insidiousfruit May 6, 2026 +8
Well, the problem with that strategy is that the US has blocked the Strait as a result which means Iran and China are going to suffer most from all of this.
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CRUSTBUSTICUS May 6, 2026 +7
Yeah the counter-tactic is calling the bluff and saying everyone suffers until a resolution is found. Still a strategic blunder by US but at least there’s *some* plan even if it sucks a lot for the citizenry of the world.
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Ok-Echidna5936 May 6, 2026 +3
It’s definitely effecting Iran given the change in their aggression. They went from being able to monetize the strait to completely choking their oil industry. Even if some ships slip through it’s a massive loss. But yes the U.S. should’ve anticipated a move like this and maybe preemptively blockaded the strait for Iranian vessels
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CRUSTBUSTICUS May 6, 2026 +5
There’s also conflict within their leadership. The PM and IRGC are clearly not on the same page which overall weakens their position
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Due_Elephant_1984 May 6, 2026 +3
Do the left really not understand Geopolitics?
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fakuivan May 6, 2026
I'm guessing the insane part is this being textbook terrorism
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JCDU May 6, 2026 +1
I didn't say they were in the right - just that their actions are entirely rational given their aims.
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fakuivan May 6, 2026 +2
It's debatable what "their aims" are. So far I've seen so many of them thrown around that you can just pick a choose working backwards from their actions
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JCDU 6 days ago +1
True, although there's a broad undercurrent of generally not liking the west, especially America, so causing them pain like this and making Trump look like a tit is right up their street.
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Rabbit-Hole-Quest May 6, 2026 -5
My dude. Who started this stupid war? IRGC has existed for decades and Hormuz was running fine before this war.
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CRUSTBUSTICUS May 6, 2026 +3
Well if you ignore the actions of Hezbollah, hamas, and the Houthis I guess you could come to this conclusion… It’s like how Russia severs internet cables, poisons enemies on foreign soil, commits arson to infrastructure, like at what point do we call it what it is? Not defending the US as I think strategically this has been a blunder but come on with the washing of Irans actions.
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FureiousPhalanges May 6, 2026 +2
I honestly don't even really get what cargo vessels and the like are even doing there anymore or why they'd be shocked when they're attacked Like if you try and sail through the strait, you're knowingly putting yourself and your crew in danger
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I_Push_Buttonz 6 days ago +3
> I honestly don't even really get what cargo vessels and the like are even doing there anymore or why they'd be shocked when they're attacked > > Like if you try and sail through the strait, you're knowingly putting yourself and your crew in danger Desperation Some vessels are facing shortages of food and water, having been stranded in the Persian Gulf for 8+ weeks with no way of rotating off the ships they are stranded on. Smaller ships can't make their own drinking water with sea water and even larger ships that can, the water of the gulf is considered rather polluted/low quality. Vessels from major shipping lines can afford to get supplies out to their ships, but a lot of vessels from smaller outfits can't, so resupplies are few and far between and their crews have to ration supplies. A lot of ships can't rotate crews because those that would replace them refuse to be put in that situation, so the crews already there are stuck. They can't dock because the GCC countries won't let them and even if they would let them, they simply don't have the port facilities to handle that many ships. Both the US and Iran are frequently employing signal jamming across the gulf, so even their access to communications/internet is sporadic at best. All the while, drones and missiles are flying back and forth over them, occasionally even targeting them. Some ships/crews have decided to try their luck and run the blockade. https://apnews.com/article/stranded-ships-iran-war-hormuz-b1b22b26312c7ea2b70b3f542f235e77
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FureiousPhalanges 6 days ago +1
I also wasn't expecting an actual response that answers my question, so thank you :) It does sort of make the fact the US started this whole thing and with little to no warning all seem that much worse though
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Lorenofing May 6, 2026 +8
While is correct what you say, merchant navy should not be a target in any war because seafarers are not soldiers or part of the military…
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silentanthrx May 6, 2026 +15
Why? Your statement has no more merit than "War is stupid, it shouldn't happen" Every war will target resources when relevant.
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ArmAggravating3307 May 6, 2026 +3
And a French ship isn't relevant lol.
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FureiousPhalanges May 6, 2026 +11
Right, I'm not saying they're in the wrong If someone threatened to shoot me in the face and I called their bluff which they followed up by shooting me in the face, they'd still be firmly in the wrong But it's still pretty stupid that I didn't just walk away when I was given the opportunity If my employer expected me to sail through a warzone, I'd be pretty pissed lol
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frasoftw May 6, 2026 +3
How do you expect them to walk away? They're trapped in the persian gulf with no food or water. Do you think this was a ship trying to go get oil?
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n16r4 May 6, 2026 +4
They weren't "targeted" though they tried to run a blockade, it'd be different if they were just sailing about,
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Jive-Turkies May 6, 2026 +1
They were targeted, Iran does not own the Strait of Hormuz. What they are doing is criminal and terrorism. Trump does not have the right to attack sovereign nations, and dispose of foreign leaders at his will. What he is doing is terrorism and criminal. I am so f****** tired of reading people on listnook justify Iran's actions because they hate Trump.
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n16r4 6 days ago +2
By what metric does a country not own the waters of their coast? Also America set the standard for the war, by deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure to begin with. But okay in your mind how is this supposed to work, the stonger country gets to do whatever they want and the weaker country can in no way inconvenience the stronger? I hate this moral grandstanding from liberals, completely removed from reality, I guess if America send some civilians into military bases in Iran they also just have to let it happen? Not to mention Iran is blockading countries who involved themselves in the war and the blockade ends the second the US ceases it's war of aggression. We'd be living in a utopia if every country only ever went this far. Yet you act as though I'm happy Iran has to resort to such methods, yeah all violence is bad, who cares that's a pointless assertion, maybe to help you see the situation more clearly, Iran blockading the strait is like lesser evil voting, US is the big bad so you support the lesser bad ok? Let other people worry about the actual problems.
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Some_Possibility_426 May 6, 2026 +1
This is just awful
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RespectTheTree May 6, 2026 +1
Guys, war is over by market close on Friday. Sell your calls, it's done. /s y'all don't get sarcasm
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thatcantb May 6, 2026 +1
Yes, just like all the Fridays since this war started. The US regime announces some attack or truce or event on Tuesday, then on Friday say it's all resolved. The stock market has been tracking this trend. Yesterday, the latest action is cancelled and Orange Nutball says the war is only defensive now - oh look, oil prices just dropped today. Friday will bring yet another pronouncement meant to juice the returns.
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Leather-Map-8138 May 6, 2026 -2
It’s the Strait of America now, operating with American efficiency, Trump style.
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