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Damage to Iranian Tanker Suggests an Intensifying Israeli Campaign

Oct 15, 2019 | 21:01 GMT

(Stratfor)

An incident involving Iran's Sabiti oil tanker on Oct. 11 in the Red Sea increasingly appears to have resulted from an attack, marking the latest major hostile incident in a region on edge in recent months after Iranian or Iranian-backed attacks on oil-related targets. Images released by Iran in the last several days show two large holes in the tanker's starboard hull, suggesting a projectile or limpet mine breached it. If Israeli forces were responsible, it would fit into a pattern of a more robust and increasingly expansive effort by Israel against Iran and its allies....

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