THE WIRE · № 56668
🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Eight Marines were reportedly injured on what may have been a commercial tanker, and the Navy still hasn't shown a single escort photo One picture of a convoy clearing the strait would settle a lot of arguments, and it would take about two seconds to post. Chris Martenson
01 THE MACHINE READ
WHY IT MATTERS.
Unverified tanker incident and lack of escort evidence sustain uncertainty over Hormuz security.
Hormuz fog keeps a geopolitical premium alive
Confirmed incident or official statement
Rumor may be false, reversing quickly
FULL DISPATCH
🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Eight Marines were reportedly injured on what may have been a commercial tanker, and the Navy still hasn't shown a single escort photo One picture of a convoy clearing the strait would settle a lot of arguments, and it would take about two seconds to post. Chris Martenson has stopped trusting anyone's version: "I'm starting to get suspicious that there's lying on all sides. I don't trust what Iran's saying. I don't trust what the US is saying and don't trust what the Saudis are saying." He remembers a European leader in 2008 admitting that when things get serious, you have to lie. @chrismartenson
02 THE STORY SO FAR
THE RECORD, IN ORDER.
STANDALONE ITEM — NOT YET FOLDED INTO A DEVELOPING STORY.
03 WHO'S INVOLVED
ENTITIES ON FILE.
04 RECEIPTS
THE SOURCE RECORD.
1 SOURCES CONFIRMED05 PROPAGATION
WHAT THIS TOUCHES.
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