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🚨 BREAKING: Two oil tankers in the Persian Gulf are on fire after reportedly being attacked by Iran.
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20 minutes ago Trump at a speech says "we won" the war with Iran.
Meanwhile missiles are firing all over the gulf, ships and oilfields are on fire everywhere, and the US has achieved zero objectives.
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BREAKING: US oil prices rise above $92/barrel, now up over +$10/barrel in 9 hours.
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RandySF
(83,448 posts)Are you still proud of boycotting Kamala?
Kingofalldems
(40,210 posts)riversedge
(80,550 posts)Beachnutt
(8,887 posts)if oil goes to $200.00 a barrel the United States citizens will finally wake up and impeach the conman.
Blues Heron
(8,704 posts)Mexico City by Josie holland
Klarkashton
(5,239 posts)This is a lot worse that they are letting on.
Prairie_Seagull
(4,650 posts)Am I seeing this right?
tanyev
(49,125 posts)Bitter, bitter
Arthur_Frain
(2,316 posts)Zero coverage of this anywhere, bbc, france24, aljezeera. Nobody has a peep, and this would be front and center on every one of those
if it really happened.
I dont think it did.
ruet
(10,242 posts)LOOK AGAIN! It's not that difficult. Reuters has had it up for HOURS. There's a lot of stuff that has happend that isn't "front and center". The denial on this site would be impressive if it wasn't so sad.
H2O Man
(78,948 posts)the news has seen that three ships have been hit now. Judging from the post above your's, that excludes Fox
Arthur_Frain
(2,316 posts)Jesus it used to be I could trust CNN.
My point was that 90 minutes later, not even MSNOW had anything on their web page.
Theres a shit ton of mis and dis information out there, Im just trying to wade through and figure out what is real. Used to be easier, its very difficult now. Theres a ton of posts on this site spreading spurious stuff, and theres very little pushback.
All I want is the truth. Its harder to come by in 2026 than I ever thought it might be.
Arthur_Frain
(2,316 posts)And if it shows up Ill enjoy eating crow.
You do me a disservice intimating that I either dont care or dont want to know.
Im waiting for verification because in this age of bullshit I dont know what or who I can trust.
Prairie Gates
(7,926 posts)They just reported this:
Farhan Al-Fartousi, who heads the state-owned port company, told the Iraqi News Agency on Thursday that firefighting tugs from Basra Oil Port were deployed to extinguish fires on both vessels, and that search-and-rescue teams were still looking for missing crew members. The tankers were about 30 miles off the Iraqi coast, he said.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03/11/world/iran-war-news-trump-oil-israel/a9313c6f-d427-5cee-bded-a543e744f9cd?smid=url-share
Prairie Gates
(7,926 posts)NickB79
(20,306 posts)Johonny
(26,045 posts)He doesn't understand economics and never will. Iran clearly does and is going to make sure the world pays a heavy economic toll for not stopping Trump.