Trump: US to Blockade from Hormuz Ships That Paid Iran Toll

President Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. Navy will begin blockading ships from entering or exiting the Strait of Hormuz and intercept vessels that have paid tolls to Iran, after marathon talks in Pakistan failed to yield an agreement to end the war.

Mr. Trump also said he has instructed the Navy to "seek and interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid a toll to Iran," and that the U.S. would begin "destroying the mines the Iranians laid in the Straits."

"Any Iranian who fires at us, or at peaceful vessels, will be BLOWN TO HELL!" he added.

At least two vessels that have traversed the strait have paid Iran fees in Chinese yuan to guarantee safe passage, analysts from Lloyd's List Intelligence said in a recent report. Analysts wrote that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "has imposed a de facto 'toll booth' regime in the Strait of Hormuz, requiring vessels to submit full documentation, obtain clearance codes and accept IRGC-escorted passage through a single controlled corridor." Iran has indicated that it might seek to impose a toll on all ships passing through the strait under a long-term peace deal.

"How is this not piracy?
#8 | Posted by Jpw"

I'm going to pretend that's a real question.

Enforcement of a naval blockade is not considered piracy as it is a lawful act under international law, provided it is conducted in accordance with established legal frameworks. Piracy, on the other hand, involves acts of robbery or violence at sea that are not authorized by any state.

i>#11 it is a serious question because this war is not in accordance domestic law, let alone international law. Sorry, but Daddy Israel is a war criminal for the dozenth time over.
#22 | Posted by jpw

Well, you're anti-Jew schpiel is partly-correct this time.

Iran started a war in earnest with Israel on October 7th, one they've been waging for about thirty years with their support of terrorist attacks. And the US is allied with Israel (thank you Muslims for Trump! (Muslims For Trump: We Were A Deciding Factor link))

So if you think Israel's war against the government which directed terrorists to target 1,200 Israeli civilian men, women, and children for rape and murder is a not in self-defense, I suppose this blockade would similarly be invalid.

Not sure it would make it piracy, though, as no indication we're permanently taking anything from the owners. Just holding onto it for awhile.

It's a 45 minute chopper ride from Jerusalem to the Gaza border, and I'll remind you that border is heavily guarded by the IDF. Therefore, I can't make myself believe that some rogue terrorists para glided into Israel and committed carnage for 7 hours before the IDF could stop them.I was born at night, but it wasn't last night.
#31 | Posted by lfthndthrds

What does the distance from Jerusalem to Gaza have to do with anything? The Palestinians attacked those civilians right across the Gaza border.

How Hamas executed a paraglider attack on Israel
The main reason why the Hamas paragliders avoided getting shot down is that Israel likely couldn't detect them, said retired Marine Col. J.D. Williams, a defense policy researcher with the RAND Corporation.

"The paragliders would probably have flown very low " popping up to go over the border fencing and then flying low to the ground " staying under the radar coverage of Israeli air and missile defenses," Williams told Task & Purpose on Thursday. "In addition, those air and missile defenses, primarily the Iron Dome system, are optimized to detect fast-moving, high trajectory weapons " missiles and rockets " and are not tuned to pick up low-flying, slow-moving objects like paragliders."

Although counter-drone systems could engage paragliders, it is unclear how widely Israel deployed such systems before the Oct. 7 attacks or if they were positioned to stop incursions from Gaza, Williams said.

Even if counter-drone systems were in the area where Hamas launched its paraglider attacks, they still would have had the same challenges in detecting low-flying paragliders as other air and missile systems, he said.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/hamas-paraglider-attack-israel/

Many of the same reason that Hormuz is a no-go zone right now. We can't spot the threats.

As far as 7 hours to stop the carnage, the estimate is 6,000 Palestinians participated in that day's festivities. Scattered across about 40 miles long and ten miles deep. You seem to have a very high opinion of Israeli effectiveness, if you think they should have been able to put an end to it in a few minutes. It takes our cops an hour + to put an end to shootings in just one of our schools.

You're kidding right? Because a para glider flies at the speed of smell.

I'll break it down. What does the distance to Jerusalem have to do with it? The attacks were not on Jerusalem. The attacks were within ~2-5 minutes flight time from Gaza (@ 50 mph per hour, as noted by SitzKrieg, which is considerably faster than the speed of smell).

Israels border is heavily guarded so there shouldn't have been any surprises.
We have multiple ships near Hormuz, but we can't stop the attacks on ships or spot the attackers.

Plus, there have been testimonies that say there was a stand down order.
One soldier testifying to an order from somewhere in command does not a grand conspiracy sustain.

It's like you want people to believe that Israel is that weak. None of that washes.
#41 | Posted by lfthndthrds
Weak? No. Limited by current technology, yes. Limits that are hampering our own abilities to this day.

And none of you theories excuses the Palestinians or Iranians of ultimate responsibility for committing the atrocities.

And the batteries in the iron dome were dead that day.
#46 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The article I clipped in #34, and which you clearly did not read, indicates that those defenses don't work on those targets.

But you have your mind made up for your own reasons. Facts be darned.