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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

''U.S. 5th Fleet won’t allow disruption in Hormuz; Iran says ‘really easy’ to close route''

read more from alarabiya....

"The U.S. Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday it will not allow any disruption of traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran threatened to stop ships moving through the strategic oil route, as Tehran hinted it would find it “really easy” to close the world’s most important oil transit channel. 

“The free flow of goods and services through the Strait of Hormuz is vital to regional and global prosperity,” a spokesperson for the Bahrain-based fleet said in a written response to queries from Reuters about the possibility of Iran trying to close the waterway.

“Anyone who threatens to disrupt freedom of navigation in an international strait is clearly outside the community of nations; any disruption will not be tolerated.”

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