US Disables Oil Tanker Bound for Iran, 24 Indian Crew Rescued by Oman
β GULF OF OMAN β Washington is sinking neutral commerce to enforce a war blockade. π LOOK CLOSER: The crew were Indian β nationals of a country already absorbing $1.5bn per Brent dollar. Oman's naval rescue signals Muscat is managing blowback from a blockade it never endorsed. Each disabled neutral ship raises Washington's legal and diplomatic cost: New Delhi cannot stay silent when its citizens are stranded at gunpoint in the Gulf.
