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Acast.com It'll require more forces that are they're currently in the region. They'll have to kind of push into towards the Strait. So the US has plenty of forces in the region to do this. It's just they're going to have to put them closer to Iran and put them into the Strait to be able to defend the shipping lanes. A short time ago, the United States military began major combat operations in Iran.
Molly Graham (1:56)
Today, President Trump says Iran's supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the attacks.
Brian Clark (2:07)
The Pentagon is weighing a takeover of that island as a way to force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
Pete Hegseth (2:13)
Iran begged for this ceasefire and we all know it.
Roland Oliphant (2:17)
Does anyone really think that someone can tell President Trump what to do? Come on. I'm Roland Oliphant and this is around the Latest. It's Tuesday 5th May. It's 67 days since the start of the American Israeli war with Iran and 28 days since ceasefire was agreed. That ceasefire now appears to be unraveling. We're on the brink of collapse. On today's episode, we'll be speaking to a former US Navy captain about how and why the but first, some updates. Most of this happened on Bank Holiday Monday. What happened? Donald Trump announced something called Project Freedom, an effort to escort neutral vessels trapped in the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz. He initially described this as a humanitarian gesture on behalf of the United States Middle Eastern countries, but in particular the country of Iran, which gave me the impression for about five minutes that the US And Iran had reached an agreement on this and potentially made a breakthrough at peace talks. It wasn't long before it turned out that nothing of the sort had happened happened. Iran's Central Command said it would attack any foreign armed force that tried to approach or enter the strait, especially the aggressive U.S. army. It said Iran had repeatedly stated that the strait is under its control and safe passage must be coordinated with it under all circumstances. So what happened? US Central Command said the US Navy managed to escort two US flagged merchant vessels through the strait. At least one definitely did get through because we have confirmation from the vessel's owner, that's Maersk. The Danish freight giant said that its U.S. flagged ship, the Alliance Fairfax, was successfully escorted out on Monday accompanied by US military assets and the transit was completed without incident. All members of crew are safe and unharmed. Iran said that wasn't true at all, that it fired cruise missiles, rockets and deployed combat drones against American destroyers, hitting some of them. America denied any of the ships were hit. Iran also claimed that no civilian vessels had got through at the Maersk. Statement seems to belie, but what Iran did hit was at least two other civilian vessels. The UAE said one of its tankers affiliated with adnoc, its state owned oil company, had been hit in the Strait of Hormuz. And South Korea said one of its vessels, the hmm Namu, had also suffered an explosion and fire in the strait on Monday. All 24 crew members were apparently unharmed. UAE also said that Iranian drones had hit the oil port of Fujairah, starting a large fire. Fujairah is the Emirates biggest port and oil storage facility. It's also write this down if you're taking notes on the outside of the Strait of Hormuz, that is on the eastern side. But the Iranians have released a map showing the limits of their blockade and they've drawn the line from their coast to south of Fujairah, making clear that that oil port is inside their blockade of the strait. And that's significant of course, because there's a pipeline that takes oil there and which people were hoping would get oil out, circumventing the Iranian blockade. Three Indian nationals were taken to hospital with moderate injuries from that attack. So that was Monday, ceasefire over. But today, Tuesday, so far, nothing yet. No, no continued fighting Only this statement from Mohammad Bagr Gallabaaf, the Iranian speaker of Parliament and their chief negotiator. The new equation of the Strait of Hormuz is in the process of being solidified. The security of shipping and energy transit has been jeopardized by the United States and its all through the violation of the ceasefire and the imposition of a blockade. Of course, their evil will diminish. We know full well that the continuation of the status quo is intolerable for America while we have not even begun yet. Make of that what you will. I'm joined to discuss with us by David Blair. David, you wrote a lovely analysis for us. You must have broken up your bank holiday weekend to do that yesterday. So thank you for that. What do you take away from all this?
