🛢️ BAGHDAD — Iraq is cutting energy deals with the country bombing its neighbor. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With Hormuz at 6 daily transits, Iraq's southern export route is compromised but intact. Washington secures upstream access while CENTCOM operates from Iraqi bases — Baghdad gets investment, US gets leverage. The timing insulates Iraq economically from the war while deepening its structural dependence on Washington.
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Iran drones two UAE tankers in Hormuz as the ceasefire deadline hits August 17. Washington sends a fresh carrier but the Lincoln is broken. The script is the same: talks stalled, oil on edge, no deal in sight.
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Iran colpisce con droni due petroliere ADNOC nello Stretto di Hormuz. La tregua scade il 17 agosto. Washington manda la George Washington, ma il Lincoln è a pezzi. Il copione non cambia: negoziato fermo, petrolio in bilico.
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⚓ LINCOLN — The president just told the crew their suffering is the point. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: With the acting Navy Secretary dismissing crew condition reports as "false narrative," Trump's framing closes the loop: the Lincoln's endurance isn't a logistics problem to solve — it'
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🛢️ HORMUZ — The legal threat evaporates; the blockade and the gas prices don't. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Walking back the territorial claim removes the legal tripwire — no sovereign soil, no automatic war threshold. But the blockade stands, SPR stays below 300M barrels, and Hormuz runs at 8-15 daily transits. Tehran