Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this summary of a 2 hour briefing today by the White House on the Iran War.
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Diplomatic assholery (from either side) doesn't protect against underwater mines, unfortunately. -
Lindsey Graham seems to be planning and running this war on a parallel track.
Now he is asking mothers and fathers to send their sons and daughters over to the Mideast to fight (and die) for ... Saudi Arabia.
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@AkaSci Location matches up with a Thai ship, bulk carrier Mayuree Naree, bound for India
@moira
Indeed it was the Thai cargo ship Mayeree Naree, as confirmed at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news#maincontent -
@AkaSci WTF happened to Graham. It's like aliens took him up to the mothership sometime in the late 2010s and returned him with a personality transplant.
@PamelaBarroway @AkaSci Graham has been an advocate for bombing Iran for a long time. Now that it's finally here he can hardly contain himself.
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Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this summary of a 2 hour briefing today by the White House on the Iran War.
Non-goal - destroying Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Non-goal - regime change.
Strait of Hormuz - no plan.
Goal - destroying lots of missiles and boats and drone factories.
When the bombing stops and production restarts - more bombing, endless war.
https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3mgqotmihcs2w
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UKMTO is reporting a 2nd ship struck and ablaze, this one 11NM north of Oman in the Straits of Hormuz. The crew is evacuating the vessel.
https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents#33bbc3e4-c99e-4e41-a360-4e517931f817
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5/nWe won, he bleats.
Meanwhile the war of bombs and words rages on, 2 oil tankers ablaze, Iran and Hezbollah launch rockets, Israel punishes Lebanon, civilian death toll rises, environmental disaster looms, oil is up, stock futures are down, ...
Live updates at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news#top-of-blog
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@AkaSci Location matches up with a Thai ship, bulk carrier Mayuree Naree, bound for India
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Pics of the cargo vessel MAYUREE NAREE BANGKOK after it was struck last night.
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Pics of the cargo vessel MAYUREE NAREE BANGKOK after it was struck last night.@AkaSci Going straight for operations, not fucking around. That'll put some fear of drones into you, won't it
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We won, he bleats.
Meanwhile the war of bombs and words rages on, 2 oil tankers ablaze, Iran and Hezbollah launch rockets, Israel punishes Lebanon, civilian death toll rises, environmental disaster looms, oil is up, stock futures are down, ...
Live updates at https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/11/iran-war-live-updates-trump-oil-hormuz-protestors-us-israel-beirut-middle-east-latest-news#top-of-blog
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6/nThe two oil tankers struck today are at the northern end of the Persian Gulf, close to the ports of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The ships on fire are the Maltese-flagged Zefyros and the Marshallese-flagged Safesea Vishnu.
The registered owner of the Safesea Vishnu is US-based company Safesea Transport Inc. while the Zefyros’ owner is based in Greece.
https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:730719/zoom:15
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-11-26
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The two oil tankers struck today are at the northern end of the Persian Gulf, close to the ports of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Iran.
The ships on fire are the Maltese-flagged Zefyros and the Marshallese-flagged Safesea Vishnu.
The registered owner of the Safesea Vishnu is US-based company Safesea Transport Inc. while the Zefyros’ owner is based in Greece.
https://www.ukmto.org/recent-incidents
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:730719/zoom:15
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-11-26
@moira
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7/nNoam Raydan posted that the tanker ZEFYROS was carrying condensates from Basrah Gas Company and was supposed to offload this cargo (most likely onto the other tanker) and then load additional 30,000 tons of naphtha today (March 12) - according to SOMO.
https://chokepoint.substack.com/
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Noam Raydan posted that the tanker ZEFYROS was carrying condensates from Basrah Gas Company and was supposed to offload this cargo (most likely onto the other tanker) and then load additional 30,000 tons of naphtha today (March 12) - according to SOMO.
https://chokepoint.substack.com/
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8/nThe Gaslighter-in-Chief is getting ready to claim his stoppage of another war, even though he calls it an excursion, not a war. Also, the economy is roaring, blah blah.
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