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2026-09-07 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

The US secretly cleared mines in the Strait of Hormuz for four months, according to media reports

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Posted by badanov 2026-09-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [491 views ] Top
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1 According to media reports?
Because if there's anyone trustworthy it's them!
The ones who reported that Russia interfered with our elections and planted Hunter Biden's laptop to smear Biden.

Posted by Clyde Thaviling6482 2026-09-07 01:17|| 2026-09-07 01:17|| Front Page Top

2 Something tells me all this talk about mines--laying and clearing them--is total bullshit.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-09-07 05:14|| 2026-09-07 05:14|| Front Page Top

3 Pull the other one

Posted by Dopey Photch2701 2026-09-07 06:33|| 2026-09-07 06:33|| Front Page Top

Posted by Gloluter Phavick7614 2026-09-07 08:20|| 2026-09-07 08:20|| Front Page Top

5 For all the talk of mines, there has been a notable lack of confirmed ship/mine collisions. This is curious given how cheap and easy to deploy mines are.

Rating: Plausible

Posted by SteveS 2026-09-07 08:36|| 2026-09-07 08:36|| Front Page Top

6 We had a report recently that many of the things floating in Strait were only pretending to be mines, to include inflated black trash bags; only a smallish percent were actually capable of exploding. Apparently even “cheap” is beyond Iran’s purse nowadays.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-09-07 09:02|| 2026-09-07 09:02|| Front Page Top

7 Iran says it plans to create new ‘restricted zone’ near Strait of Hormuz — as it desperately tries to control chokepoint

Posted by Frank G 2026-09-07 09:12|| 2026-09-07 09:12|| Front Page Top

8 [TWZ] Iranian Launchers Struck By U.S. Held Exotic And Highly Concerning Rocket-Delivered Sea Mines

Posted by Skidmark 2026-09-07 10:08|| 2026-09-07 10:08|| Front Page Top

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