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demmiblue

(39,756 posts)
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:23 AM 22 hrs ago

* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB..

* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB WATERWAY

* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB WATERWAY

@reuters.com

Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-04-07T13:17:24.238Z
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* SENIOR IRANIAN SOURCE TO REUTERS: IF THE SITUATION GETS OUT OF CONTROL, IRAN'S ALLIES WILL ALSO CLOSE BAB EL-MANDEB.. (Original Post) demmiblue 22 hrs ago OP
'Gate of Grief/Tears', IbogaProject 22 hrs ago #1
Yup, I said to my wife this past weekend... Javaman 22 hrs ago #2
But our omniscient ruler said they were out of cards BeyondGeography 22 hrs ago #3
Two rogue regimes, hated by a not-decisive-enough majority of their countries DFW 22 hrs ago #4

Javaman

(65,791 posts)
2. Yup, I said to my wife this past weekend...
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:29 AM
22 hrs ago

if the orange pedo follows through with this fucked up bombing, expect the price of everything, not just oil and gas to skyrocket, because the Huthies will close the strait in the Red Sea.

Also, we need to watch North Korea's reaction.

DFW

(60,238 posts)
4. Two rogue regimes, hated by a not-decisive-enough majority of their countries
Tue Apr 7, 2026, 09:51 AM
22 hrs ago

But both of them command enough clout to order their armed forces to do some damage with global repercussions, and neither of them will go quietly.

We may be forced to surrender the “sapiens” part of our Latin designation.

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